For oppressive regimes, the Internet is another tool of repression

Submitted by Luis Kun

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - January 8th 2014

Claims that the Internet will “democratize” the global village are not supported by research published in the International Journal of Electronic Governance. Instead, non-democratic governments simply exploit the networks to spy on and control their citizens more effectively and efficiently than they did before.

In a post-Snowden NSA revelation world, many pundits have suggested that the age of true democracy is upon us as social lobbyists, citizen advocates, and others claw back the agenda from those who rule them.

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