Adrian Blomfield of the Telegraph reports that Syria has been torturing protesters to get them to reveal their user IDs and passwords to Facebook and Twitter accounts used for organizing anti-government protests.
And it’s been working.
One activist was quoted as saying that, because of passwords and IDs acquired from torture, “lines of communication have almost been completely severed.”
(Ha’p Milblogging.com)
Tags: facebook, Middle East, syria
