After internet services were disconnected in Egypt, protesters were prevented from speaking to the world. But John Scott Railton, a Los Angeles based student, took it upon himself to upload messages onto micro-blogging site Twitter.
He started making calls and posting messages on a Twitter account he created for the Egyptian protests.
Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds reports from Los Angeles.
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