Internet repression in week 7

In week 7 Nigel gave us some articles about internet repression.

I was fairly surprised when I heard that governments actually manage to control and censor the vast amounts of information on the internet and that people can be persecuted for expressing their views online. I always saw the internet as a great tool for democratic expression and freedom of speech.

The fact that IT companies are supporting anti- democratic regimes and are developping systems which enable surveillance and censorship is quite frightening.


http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/13/syria-more-victims-of-internet-repression/