Syria is using equipment and software developed by an American company to censor the Internet and conduct surveillance of its citizens…The equipment, developed by…Blue Coat Systems is allegedly being used by Syria’s autocratic government to block access to the Internet and crack down on dissidents who have been protesting against President Bashar al-Assad for nearly eight months, the experts and advocates say…Blue Coat…said it has not sold equipment or software to the Syrian government, but a spokesman did not deny that Syria could have obtained the products through a third party. “Blue Coat does not sell to Syria,” spokesman Steve Schick said...“We comply with U.S. export laws, and we do not allow our partners to sell to embargoed countries.”