How Are Governments Effected By the Internet?

[longknife]

An interesting question. I wonder if that doesn't depend upon the type of government. Tyrannies hate their subjects to have access to the truth so I would guess they do everything they can to limit its population access to it.

And, are so-called Democratic governments any different? Entrenched bureaucrats wish to remain anonymous with their rules and regulations unquestioned. So, how do the elected politicians feel about the subject? Do they disapprove of having their own activities questioned? And, how do they deal with it?

This is an interesting article on the subeject from the Brookings Institute, titled – The Transformative Impact of Data and Communication on Goverance @ The Transformative Impact of Data and Communication on Governance: Part One | Brookings Institution

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - China an' dem Russkies clampin' down onna internet...

China Party Mouthpiece: No Internet Freedom Without Order
April 28, 2014 — There can be no Internet freedom without order, China's top Communist Party newspaper said on Monday after several U.S. television shows were pulled from Chinese video sites, the latest signs of Beijing's tightening grip on online content.

The removal of the shows coincides with a broad crackdown on online freedom of expression that has intensified since President Xi Jinping came to power last year and drawn criticism from rights advocates at home and abroad.

Authorities last week also stepped up their battle against pornography, revoking some online publication licenses of one of China's largest Internet firms, Sina, for allowing “lewd and pornographic” content. “While ordinary people and governments have enjoyed the conveniences brought by the Internet, they have also in turn experienced the Internet's negative effects and hidden security dangers,” the People's Daily, the party's main mouthpiece, said in a commentary.

It was published under the pen name “Zhong Sheng”, meaning “Voice of China”, often used to give views on foreign policy. “If you don't have Internet order, how can you have Internet freedom? Anyone enjoying and exercising their Internet rights and freedoms must not harm the public interest and cannot violate laws and regulations and public ethics,” the commentary read.

Four U.S. television shows: The Big Bang Theory, The Practice, The Good Wife, and NCIS, were removed from video websites over the weekend, the official Xinhua news agency said. The series are all popular and it was not clear why these particular programs had been singled out. Searches on Youku Tudou, Sohu and Tencent, which provide the shows, produced messages that the content was temporarily unavailable. None provided any immediate comment.

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Russia Tightens Grip on the Internet
April 27, 2014 WASHINGTON — These are not easy days to blog or use social media in Russia – particularly, analysts say, if you’re critical of the Kremlin’s current occupant.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders want to “kill off the blogosphere” by year’s end, Andrei Malgin, an outspoken Putin critic, wrote on his “Notes From a Misanthrope” blog. Putin stoked more speculation Thursday when he referred to the Internet at a media forum as “a CIA project,” one that was “still developing as such.” The Web has drawn Putin’s ire for years, but pressure on his and the Kremlin’s detractors has been increasing, proponents of press freedom say.

Last month, the Kremlin blocked the websites of opposition leader Garry Kasparov, the independent Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station and the online newspaper Grani. On Monday, Pavel Durov, founder of the country’s most popular social network, VKontakte, said he was fired as CEO and forced to flee to Central Europe after refusing to hand over Euromaidan protesters’ private information to Russian authorities.

Also this week, Russia’s State Duma passed a bill that, if signed into law by Putin, would require bloggers with over 3,000 daily viewers to register with the government. They’d face the same scrutiny – some say censorship – experienced by Russian TV and newspapers. “These are all very alarming developments,” said Eva Galperin of the Internet freedom organization Electronic Frontier Foundation, or EFF. “It’s all bad.”

Analysts say these actions indicate authorities intend to seize greater control of what Russian citizens can see and say online. But controlling the Internet is notoriously difficult, Internet experts say, and Russian activists are finding ways to slip past the Kremlin’s efforts to censor the web.

Threat from social networks

 

[AvgGuyIA]

And here we have the progressives wanting to turn the internet over to China and Russia. What can we expect from these people? Hell, even our ultra liberal US ambassador to the United Nations didn't use veto power to prevent Iran from getting a seat on the human rights commission for the UN.

 

[occupied]

And here we have the progressives wanting to turn the internet over to China and Russia. What can we expect from these people? Hell, even our ultra liberal US ambassador to the United Nations didn't use veto power to prevent Iran from getting a seat on the human rights commission for the UN.

The progressive left is the only large political group anywhere that actively fights for internet freedom, the right has regularly done things that hint that they would prefer a lot more censorship and far less anonymity, their illogical hatred of net neutrality (because liberal are for it?) is very worrying.

 

[waltky]

China to scrutinize internet technology...

China will step up scrutiny of Internet technology
May 22,`14 -- China's government announced Thursday it will examine information technology for possible security flaws, a move that comes amid tensions with Washington over accusations of cyber spying.

Experts will scrutinize products and services to be used for communications, finance, energy, national security and other purposes, the official Xinhua News Agency, citing the Cabinet's Internet Information Office. It said inspections will apply to both foreign- and Chinese-made products, and suppliers that fail will be barred from selling in China. Vetting of products is aimed at "preventing suppliers from taking advantage of their products to illegally control, disrupt or shut down their clients' systems, or to gather, store, process or use their clients' information," the Internet office said, according to Xinhua. The United States accuses China's military of conducting large-scale cyber spying to steal government and commercial secrets. Authorities announced criminal charges this week against five Chinese military officers. China denied the accusation and complained the United States is the leading source of hacking aimed at this country.

China has the world's biggest population of Internet users but major companies, government agencies and banks rely on foreign suppliers for advanced network and security technology. Beijing has expressed concern about relying so heavily on foreign security technology. It has tried to compel foreign suppliers to disclose how security and encryption products work but backed down after U.S. and European complaints that such information was trade secrets. The government tries to support China's fledgling suppliers by favoring them in procurement. Banks and major companies were ordered in 2010 to limit use of foreign security technology.

For their part, U.S. officials have expressed concern about possible risks of Chinese-supplied technology. In 2012, a congressional panel said telecom equipment makers Huawei Technologies Inc. and ZTE Corp. were potential security threats and Americans should avoid doing business with them. Ensuring that IT technologies and cyberspace are "safe and under control" is vital to China's national security, economic and social development, said Jiang Jun, the Internet office's spokesman. "For a long time, governments and enterprises of a few countries have gathered sensitive information," he was quoted as saying. "They not only seriously undermine interests of their clients but also threaten cyber security of other countries."

Jiang said Chinese government agencies, companies, universities and telecom companies have "suffered extensive invasion and wiretapping," according to Xinhua. Last year, the American Chamber of Commerce in China appealed to the government to improve online security, which it said was "less reliable and less secure" that in the such countries as the United States, Europe or South Korea. The group said that while two-thirds of its member companies use cloud computing, the proportion willing to base such operations in China had declined to below 50 percent due to security concerns. The group appealed to Beijing to repeal restrictions imposed in 1999 on use of foreign encryption and security technology.

AP Newswire | Stars and Stripes

 

[Esmeralda]

How Are Governments Effected By the Internet?

How are governments affected by the internet?

"When television is good, nothing — not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers — nothing is better.
But when television is bad, nothing is worse." Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton N. Minow, 1961.

The same is true for the internet. It can provide very useful and authentic communication about everything, including our governments. At the same time, the internet can create very deceptive and detrimental effects on communication in general, including the functioning of governments.

The examples are endless and varied regarding how misinformation causes problems and how good information solves problems. A country like China is very concerned about control, and the internet makes that control far more difficult.

 

[LiberalMedia]

Granny says, "Dat's right - China an' dem Russkies clampin' down onna internet...

China Party Mouthpiece: No Internet Freedom Without Order
April 28, 2014 — There can be no Internet freedom without order, China's top Communist Party newspaper said on Monday after several U.S. television shows were pulled from Chinese video sites, the latest signs of Beijing's tightening grip on online content.

How typical. The glorious People's Republic extends the olive branch to the West, complying with Western copyright laws by taking down "illegal" copies of Western-made TV, and you capitalist pigs throw it right back in their faces.

The sooner Communism arrives in America and all private property is outlawed, the better.

Russia Tightens Grip on the Internet
April 27, 2014 WASHINGTON — These are not easy days to blog or use social media in Russia – particularly, analysts say, if you’re critical of the Kremlin’s current occupant.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders want to “kill off the blogosphere” by year’s end, Andrei Malgin, an outspoken Putin critic, wrote on his “Notes From a Misanthrope” blog. Putin stoked more speculation Thursday when he referred to the Internet at a media forum as “a CIA project,” one that was “still developing as such.” The Web has drawn Putin’s ire for years, but pressure on his and the Kremlin’s detractors has been increasing, proponents of press freedom say.

Last month, the Kremlin blocked the websites of opposition leader Garry Kasparov, the independent Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station and the online newspaper Grani. On Monday, Pavel Durov, founder of the country’s most popular social network, VKontakte, said he was fired as CEO and forced to flee to Central Europe after refusing to hand over Euromaidan protesters’ private information to Russian authorities.

Also this week, Russia’s State Duma passed a bill that, if signed into law by Putin, would require bloggers with over 3,000 daily viewers to register with the government. They’d face the same scrutiny – some say censorship – experienced by Russian TV and newspapers. “These are all very alarming developments,” said Eva Galperin of the Internet freedom organization Electronic Frontier Foundation, or EFF. “It’s all bad.”

Analysts say these actions indicate authorities intend to seize greater control of what Russian citizens can see and say online. But controlling the Internet is notoriously difficult, Internet experts say, and Russian activists are finding ways to slip past the Kremlin’s efforts to censor the web.

Threat from social networks

You're looking right into America's future: No more blogs, radio shows, websites, or newspapers if they offend the angry white male establishment. This is your fault, Wrongpublicans.

 

[bedowin62]

look at the left-wing losers who cant think for themselves; slaves for a white billionaire hedge fund guru named George soros