1 of the 10 Reasons Google’s China Stand-Off Matters
I can see how in the near future the fight over control of the internet may be turning like this. Social media may become an enemy to authoritarian governments because it is the voice of the people and sometimes a very loud voice states preferences and demands truth.
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It raises the prospect that the Internet can be shackled by authoritarian governments with their own Web agendas, standards and values. Within the past year, the Chinese government has shut down thousands of web sites, arrested thousands of Internet users, and blocked social networking sites including Google’s YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Read more at industry.bnet.com
