The Arab Spring: U.S. underwrites Internet Detour around Censors

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The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy "shadow" Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks. The effort includes secretive projects to

 

Source: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.xml

[Taleexi]

Thanks for sharing.

[Jacaylbaro]

Hmmm ,,, Interesting

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

Obama should start with fighting efforts of internet providers to make the internet less accessible at home by companies like comcast or evan deciding the promotion of democracy as priority number one as the goal of American foreign policy. For too easy to say we support democracy in Libya but how about allies in bahrain or saudi arabia...