Free access to information isn't necessary for revolutions to succeed
Free access to information isn't necessary or even important to toppling corrupt regimes, says Morozov — this is a shibboleth of Reaganites and their sentimental view of Samizdat, Radio Free Europe and other cold war information efforts.
The Soviet Union didn't fall because of political organising, brave dissidents, or photocopied zines – it fell because it was a badly run nightmare that lurched from crisis to crisis until it imploded.
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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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Cyber-utopians overstate the revolutionary potential of the Internet »Cyber-utopians overstate the revolutionary potential of the Internet
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Social media do not help revolutions to happen or succeed »Social media do not help revolutions to happen or succeed
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If the Tunisian revolution won, it was won in the street, not online »If the Tunisian revolution won, it was won in the street, not online
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The internet is neither necessary nor sufficient for a revolution »The internet is neither necessary nor sufficient for a revolution
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Free access to information isn't necessary for revolutions to succeed
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Evgeny Morozov »Evgeny Morozov
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