Egypt in flames as ‘paid thugs’ attack Mubarak’s opponents

Vodafone says Egyptian authorities have been using the country’s emergency laws to force it to broadcast pro-government text messages during the protests, a practice it described as “unacceptable”.

Micro-blogging site Twitter has been buzzing with screen grabs from Egyptian customers showing pro-government text messages sent in the run-up to the violent clashes in Cairo which broke out on Wednesday.

Vodafone Group said in a statement it had no ability to change the content of the messages.

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