How to Ignite, or Quash, Revolution in 140 Characters of Less

by Daryn Cambridge

Do the Internet and social media empower Big Brother or individuals in autocratic regimes, or do they offer a rare level playing field?

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@rmack: Internet freedom starts at home with govs, companies, political demands we make. #140rev

emilymbadger

emilymbadgerEmily Badger
@rmack: we haven’t worked out how to balance security, child + biz protection with protecting #civilliberties, #freeexpression. #140rev

emilymbadger

emilymbadgerEmily Badger
MacKinnon says relations between governments and citizens is mediated by Internet, which is controlled by private interests #140rev

jameslosey

jamesloseyJames Losey
@rmack: Ironically, a lot of the censorship tech used by authoritarian gov't's, are made in "the great/free west." #internetfreedom #140rev

jafer_a

jafer_aJafer Ahmad
@rmack Western tech helps authoritarian regimes control political speech and whole networks in the East #netfreedom #censorship #140rev

KTLGovICT

KTLGovICTKatie
In Egypt activists found that their records included text msgs, emails, skype logs #140rev

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MacKinnon: In #Russia, not so much censorship as surveillance and intimidation. #140rev

iDiplomacy

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"In #China censorship is about preventing content from ever being published." @rmack #140rev

MediaMikeDC

MediaMikeDCMike Clarke
@rmack: Under "networked authoritarianism" ppl feel freer than they used to, but communication is still proscribed. #140rev #China

emilymbadger

emilymbadgerEmily Badger
Internet in china not just about blocking content and circumvention; it is about content that never makes it online #140rev

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Thanking Facebook and thanking Facebook youth are two very different things, says @rmack #140rev

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Tabler @ahmed: U.S. support walks a fine line for int'l support and regime supporters accusing dissidents of being "Westernized" #140rev

KTLGovICT

KTLGovICTKatie
Women driving campaign in Saudi a great example of organization moving from online into real world #140rev

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Alrifai: We are against military intervention. We want int'l support 2 legally prosecute #Syria regime #140rev 2 prove protest is peaceful

jdpeterson

jdpetersonJosh Peterson
Alrifai: It is not a favor from the [Syrian gov't] that they are allowing the Internet. Must give personal info in order 2 access it #140rev

jdpeterson

jdpetersonJosh Peterson
Alrifai says some activists use Turkish or Jordanian cell phones to evade Syrian govt surveillance #140rev

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“Money is a short term resolution, these issues need a fundamental solution...oil revenue will run out" @ahmed #140rev @GBI_Program

KTLGovICT

KTLGovICTKatie
Tabler stated the most important policy implication of social media in MENA:What we called stability was lack of means of expression #140rev

techsoc

techsocZeynep Tufekci
@Ahmed: tough 4 rev 2 spread in gulf w/ wealthy monarchies (#Saudi) hosting ousted dictators (#BenAli), & use military (#Bahrain). #140rev

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Huge difference between what young Saudi activists want, like gender equality, and what rulers are offering as "reform" says @Ahmed #140rev

FutureTenseNow

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Ahmed: It will take some time for opposition sentiment on the Internet to move to streets in Saudi Arabia @ahmed #140rev

jdpeterson

jdpetersonJosh Peterson
Each country has a different dynamic. Monarchies in the gulf have much more money to quell these revolutions. @ahmed #140rev

dariasteigman

dariasteigmanDaria Steigman
Alrifia: we had been under a dictatorship for over 40 years. The economy is bad. Change in #Syria needed to happen. We need freedom #140rev

jdpeterson

jdpetersonJosh Peterson
There's a strong generational gap b/w older, traditional opposition & younger, connected, intrinsicaly globalized, pan-arabist youth #140rev

techsoc

techsocZeynep Tufekci
Andrew Tabler: Protest in #Syria being driven by #demographics as young, tech savvy people hit job market. #140rev

emilymbadger

emilymbadgerEmily Badger