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WikiLeaks published the Afghan War Logs and U.S. diplomatic cables stolen from a classified network by an Army private.

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Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry, has been asked by a range of governments to comply with surveillance requirements.

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The Tunisian blogger and activist Sami Ben Gharbia has written passionately about how U.S. government involvement in grassroots digital spaces can endanger those who are already vulnerable to accusations by nasty regimes of acting as foreign agents.

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In the wake of the Internet getting shut down in Egypt - something that also happened in Xinjiang - I know that there are groups working on ways to help people get online when domestic networks get shut down. This could also be of use to some people in China.

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I get the impression that most Chinese entrepreneurs are so focussed on doing what they need to do to succeed in the Chinese market - which is a big enough challenge even for the established players - that nobody is thinking much about the longer run or the bigger global picture.

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People in China have a range of strong views about how children should be protected when they go online and whether the responsibility should be with the government, with parents, or somebody else.

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Most people who use the Internet seem take its nature and characteristics for granted, like we take air and water for granted.

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The basic technical protocols that have enabled the Internet to work in such a globally interconnected way are developed and shared openly by a community of engineers.

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When Tim Berners-Lee invented the computer code that led to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1990, he did not try to patent or charge fees for the use of his technology.

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In the physical world, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a wanted man.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: September 16th, 1969

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