Governments will be exaggerately afraid of Internet and will overreact
An undesirable consequence of saying that Internet has played a role in Tunisia is that other dictators are likely to overreact to the threat of the internet and crack down on activists, bloggers, and internet users really heavily.
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Technology: Oppressor or liberator? »Technology: Oppressor or liberator?
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ICT's capacity to spread democracy? »ICT's capacity to spread democracy?
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Cyber-utopianism »Cyber-utopianism
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Internet won't necessarily lead to a net increase in political freedom »Internet won't necessarily lead to a net increase in political freedom
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Governments will be exaggerately afraid of Internet and will overreact
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Governments see in Internet a weapon used by the US for regime change »Governments see in Internet a weapon used by the US for regime change
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