Internet Outages

Recent outages in the Middle East give rise to conspiracy theories.

How did the internet pipeline off the coast of Alexandria get severed? When the facts are sketchy, the internet conspiracy machine will be there to fill the holes! Current potential culprits: The CIA.

Editorial note: Whoa! You've found a super-old post here on BuzzFeed, from an earlier era of the site. It doesn't really represent where we are anymore, and may in fact be totally broken, but we're leaving it up as a part of our early history.

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