Egypt blocks Twitter

Twitter confirmed earlier rumors that it is being blocked in Egypt. Now the microblogging service posted two tweets where it says the rumors are true.

“We can confirm that Twitter was blocked in Egypt around 8am PT today. It is impacting both Twitter.com & applications,” Twitter communications head Sean Garrett just tweeted out via their new PR account. “We believe that the open exchange of info & views benefits societies & helps govts better connect w/ their people,” he continued in a second tweet.

The protests began happening in Cairo after people rallied together using services like Facebook and Twitter, and after seeing similar protests in Tunisia about corruption.