Facebook blocked in Tripoli and several Libyan cities as fighting intensifies »

Affiliate – Ina Tripoli residents said, on Monday, that Facebook has been blocked in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and other cities, while raging fighting continues between rival groups. The social networking site Facebook is considered the main news platform in Libya, as statements issued by officials, ministers, and armed groups with actual influence in the country are published on it. Angry users wrote on Twitter that the Facebook blocking began at noon on Monday, while a number of residents confirmed that they were unable to access the social networking site. Fighting has been intensifying in Tripoli for more than a week between rival groups, in the latest wave of chaos in the North African country since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. There was no clear response from any official about the reason for blocking the site, with residents saying that other Internet sites could… Browse it. The Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company said in a statement that the lack of security resulted in power outages and that maintenance engineers could not reach some of the stations that stopped working as a result of the power outage.