Post by account_disabled on Mar 5, 2024 3:38:16 GMT -5
There was no revolution in the Internet: a way was simply found to control the Internet without depending on it. Recently, it has been proven that the Internet is not free from censorship, which was facilitated by the governments of countries such as the People's Republic of China, Thailand, Iran, and the Russian Federation. It turned out that the Internet is quite easy to control, and the fight against the disaffected has now become even easier than before. With the announcement by the Google corporation at the beginning of this year about the closure of its search engine in the People's Republic of China due to hacking by hackers of the Gmail accounts of human rights lawyers, activists, editors and commentators expressed their positions. Gradually, thus,
the principles voiced by many technophiles and politicians since France Phone Number the late 1990s were supported, according to which the Internet, and in particular new communication technologies, contribute to the liberation of people and accelerate the process of the fall of authoritarian regimes. At the time, Bill Clinton said that Chinese leaders were "on the wrong side of history." The inteortal presented a translation of a Newsweek article from an interview with journalist Joshua Kurlantzick regarding his thoughts on freedom of speech on the Internet, or rather, its absence. The failure of the idea of the Internet causing the collapse of the autocracy is noted. As the spread of the web has accelerated over the last 4 years in countries where authoritarian regimes flourish, however, the total number of free societies has declined worldwide. Such information was presented in the report of the organization Freedom House.
The freedom of online activists has significantly decreased in many countries of the world. Many activists were jailed by the Vietnamese government; Thailand, a "mildly authoritarian" state, was marked by the arrest of the editor of one of the most prominent news websites. The Chinese government is shutting down thousands of blogs and websites across the country. Authoritarian regimes have undermined the potential capabilities of the Web in several directions. Like the PRC, many countries have developed quite sophisticated systems for monitoring and filtering the content of web resources. At the same time, autocrats began to actively borrow filters from each other, so official Vietnam sent its representatives to Beijing to study the "Great Firewall of China", while the PRC exported its Internet technologies to Saudi Arabia, Burma and other countries. In addition, the governments of these countries have hired commentators to moderate online discussions with political opponents. The PRC reports the presence of approximately 250,000 pro-government commentators on various forums.
the principles voiced by many technophiles and politicians since France Phone Number the late 1990s were supported, according to which the Internet, and in particular new communication technologies, contribute to the liberation of people and accelerate the process of the fall of authoritarian regimes. At the time, Bill Clinton said that Chinese leaders were "on the wrong side of history." The inteortal presented a translation of a Newsweek article from an interview with journalist Joshua Kurlantzick regarding his thoughts on freedom of speech on the Internet, or rather, its absence. The failure of the idea of the Internet causing the collapse of the autocracy is noted. As the spread of the web has accelerated over the last 4 years in countries where authoritarian regimes flourish, however, the total number of free societies has declined worldwide. Such information was presented in the report of the organization Freedom House.
The freedom of online activists has significantly decreased in many countries of the world. Many activists were jailed by the Vietnamese government; Thailand, a "mildly authoritarian" state, was marked by the arrest of the editor of one of the most prominent news websites. The Chinese government is shutting down thousands of blogs and websites across the country. Authoritarian regimes have undermined the potential capabilities of the Web in several directions. Like the PRC, many countries have developed quite sophisticated systems for monitoring and filtering the content of web resources. At the same time, autocrats began to actively borrow filters from each other, so official Vietnam sent its representatives to Beijing to study the "Great Firewall of China", while the PRC exported its Internet technologies to Saudi Arabia, Burma and other countries. In addition, the governments of these countries have hired commentators to moderate online discussions with political opponents. The PRC reports the presence of approximately 250,000 pro-government commentators on various forums.