The Authoritarian’s Worst Fear? A Book , The New York Times;
""Regimes are expending so much energy attacking books because their
supposed limitations have begun to look like strengths: With online
surveillance, digital reading carries with it great risks and
semi-permanent footprints; a physical book, however, cannot monitor what
you are reading and when, cannot track which words you mark or
highlight, does not secretly scan your face, and cannot know when you
are sharing it with others."
Issues and developments related to ethics, information, and technologies, examined in the ethics and intellectual property graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in Summer 2025. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Showing posts with label authoritarian regimes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label authoritarian regimes. Show all posts
Friday, October 4, 2019
The Authoritarian’s Worst Fear? A Book; The New York Times, October 3, 2019
Thursday, April 26, 2018
The Guardian view on privacy online: a human right; The Guardian, April 26, 2018
Editorial Board, The Guardian; The Guardian view on privacy online: a human right
"Encryption on the internet will be abused, but better that than a society where no one is allowed secrets from the government"
"Encryption on the internet will be abused, but better that than a society where no one is allowed secrets from the government"
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Egypt's revolt met with wide support, censorship; Associated Press, 2/12/11
Associated Press; Egypt's revolt met with wide support, censorship:
"From London to Gaza City to Seoul, the world was savoring the spectacular fall of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, with demonstrators rallying in the thousands Saturday in cities across the world. But other authoritarian regimes weren't celebrating — and some were trying to censor the news.
In China, where the ruling Communist Party ruthlessly stamps out dissent, terse media reports downplayed the large-scale pro-democracy protests in Egypt that forced Mubarak from power and instead emphasized the country's disorder and lawlessness.
In oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, where coup leader Teodoro Obiang has been in power since 1979, state-controlled media was ordered to stop reporting about Egypt altogether, according to African news site afrol.com.
Nearly everywhere else, newspapers congratulated Egypt's revolution, with many headlines carrying the word: "Finally.""
"From London to Gaza City to Seoul, the world was savoring the spectacular fall of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, with demonstrators rallying in the thousands Saturday in cities across the world. But other authoritarian regimes weren't celebrating — and some were trying to censor the news.
In China, where the ruling Communist Party ruthlessly stamps out dissent, terse media reports downplayed the large-scale pro-democracy protests in Egypt that forced Mubarak from power and instead emphasized the country's disorder and lawlessness.
In oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, where coup leader Teodoro Obiang has been in power since 1979, state-controlled media was ordered to stop reporting about Egypt altogether, according to African news site afrol.com.
Nearly everywhere else, newspapers congratulated Egypt's revolution, with many headlines carrying the word: "Finally.""
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