Tahir Square, Cairo, 1/25/11 . Source: CBC.
Al Jazeera has a live feedfrom the protest in Tahir Square in Cairo.
How is that possible?
The New York Times Media Decoder blogger Brian Stetler posts that Al Jazeera is being assisted by other channels from the region:
"In a show of solidarity, ten channels in the region have started to simulcast Al Jazeera’s broadcasts, according to Al Jazeera. Twitter messages from viewers said A Hewar, Al Jadeed, Al Karama, Al Suhail, and Aden were among the channels that have participated in the simulcast."
Twitter blocked? Yes and no. Yes,Twitter itself is being blocked but th tweets are still flowing out of Egypt because of some fascinating work-arounds that allow Egyptians to call a phone number and record a message that is tranformed into a Tweet.
New York Times reporter Christine Hauser describes the service as combining Google, Twitter and a "voice-based social media platform" called Saynow . Check this out: