Most young people use Internet for entertainment or photo sharing

Young people do not use Internet for political purposes, but mostly to have fun with their friends

Morozov has seen this in his native Belarus, as well as in Russia, where young people enjoy "a very nice digital entertainment lifestyle." That, he quips, "does not necessarily turn them into the next Che Guevara."
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