The biggest event in matters concerning the internet and politics is, of course, Wikileaks. An Icelandic politician, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, has been involved in this matter, as she worked with WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. She has now been dealing with the United States government concerning her twitter page. This is a good example of different governments deal with issues in different ways.
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Lilja
She is an interesting character, having actually been one of the voices from within Wikileaks to suggest that Assange step down as his personal troubles overshadow the purpose of the website.
ReplyDeletePersonally I am in two minds about wikileaks in general (regardless of the ego at its head) - but the US government's moves to censure Birgitta's twitter records is seriously questionable.
Then again its strangely inevitable as well. As the internet empowers citizens in different ways, even the most liberal governments must be feeling the heat.
I agree, I havent been able to make up my mind about Wikileaks either, but I do find it an important step forwards. I think it is important that governments feel some heat, that they cannot be sure to get away with whatever they please.
ReplyDeleteThe whole twitter thing is definitely questionable, even though you would not expect the US government to sit back and do nothing about it.
Lilja