Whatever happens in the world, Morozov's thinking seems to remain pretty static and unaffected. He goes as far as interpreting Hillary Clinton's second speech (on Internet freedom) as embrassing his notion of "cyber-realism":
"Another piece of good news is the State Department's reluctance to take a stand in the brewing debate of whether the Internet is a tool for liberation or oppression (Clinton characterized this debate as âlargely beside the pointâ). Clearly, it's a tool for both; the degree to which it's liberating or oppressing often depends on the political and social context â and not on the individual characteristics of a given Internet technology. It's reassuring to see Clinton strike a reasonable balance between cyber-utopianism and cyber-pessimism; adopting a cyber-realist posture and treating the Internet as it is (and not how we would like it to be) is the right way forward."