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"We are aware of reports of disruption to service but have not seen any major changes in traffic from Egypt," a Facebook spokesman said in an email.

The Facebook spokesman also referred AFP to Herdict.org, a project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University that monitors Web traffic.

Jillian York, a project coordinator at Herdict.org, said earlier Wednesday that "Egyptians confirmed a Facebook block this morning."

The Herdict.org website listed nine reports of Facebook.com being inaccessible in Egypt, where thousands of demonstrators inspired by Tunisia's popular uprising have staged protests against President Hosni Mubarak.

Twitter said its service remained blocked in Egypt as of 2200 GMT on Wednesday but that some people were using third-party applications or proxy servers to successfully send "tweets" at the microblogging service.

The Twitter website had been cut off in Egypt on Tuesday in an apparent move to thwart protesters using the social network in the anti-Mubarak campaign.

"We believe that the open exchange of information and views benefits societies and helps governments connect with their people," Twitter said in a message at @twitterglobalPR.

Twitter and Facebook were among Internet social networking services reportedly being used by protesters to share information and coordinate activities in the campaign against Mubarak.

Swedish live video streaming site Bambuser said Wednesday that its service had been blocked in Egypt since Tuesday.

Police and protesters clashed in Cairo and other parts of Egypt on Wednesday in a second day of rallies to demand the ouster of Mubarak, who has ruled over the country for 30 years.

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