The internet is the new frontline in the fight for human rights.
The initial grace period in which internet-users enjoyed complete freedom, while the authorities caught up with the technology, has ended.
Governments are increasingly monitoring web, email and blog use, censoring and prosecuting their citizens for expressing their opinions online.
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/internet-index-eng
Please also see:
The End of the Internet?
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/chester
The initial grace period in which internet-users enjoyed complete freedom, while the authorities caught up with the technology, has ended.
Governments are increasingly monitoring web, email and blog use, censoring and prosecuting their citizens for expressing their opinions online.
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/internet-index-eng
Please also see:
The End of the Internet?
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/chester