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Does the Internet Encourage or Inhibit Democracy?

13 May 2011

Does the internet actually inhibit, not encourage democracy?

This new RSA Animate presentation is adapted from a talk given by Evgeny Morozov, author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom. Morozov presents an alternative take on 'cyber-utopianism' - the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely emancipatory role in global politics.

Exposing some idealistic myths about freedom and technology, Evgeny argues for some realism about the actual uses and abuses of the internet.

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