The Web’s Spread Doesn’t Mean A Freer Internet This is the story of “Ammar” and his online activities in Tunisia just before the recent fall of the government of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. It’s a tale of how social networks, and the spread of the Internet, have come to play a significant role in the […]
Leaping Over the Censors
Posted April 13th, 2011 at 3:15 pm (UTC-4)
JulieAnn McKellogg | Washington While it’s hard to generalize across the nations, it seems apparent the Internet and digital networks continue to play a serious role in helping pro-democracy activists organize and communicate. This, despite efforts by a growing number of governments to limit, censor, or totally block portions of the web. This week the […]
