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In authoritarian countries in which the traditional media are state-controlled, the Internet offers a unique space for discussion and information-sharing, and has become an ever more important engine for protest and mobilization.The Internet is the crucible in which repressed civil societies can revive and develop. The new media, and particularly social networks, have given populations’ collaborative tools with which they can change the social order.Young people have taken them by storm. Facebook has become the rallying point for activists prevented from demonstrating in the streets. One simple video on YouTube – Neda in Iran or the Saffron march of the monks in Burma – can help. | REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS BBB BBB SB BBB BBB W O R L D D A Y AGAINST CYBER CENSORSHIP 12 MARCH 2010 Enemies of the Internet Countries under surveillance 12 march 2010 New Media Desk Reporters Without Borders 47 rue Vivienne - 75002 Paris Tel 33 1 44 83 84 84 Fax 33 1 45 23 11 51 E-mail internet@rsf.org Web www.rsf.org REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS FOR PRESS FREEDOM REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS FOR PRESS FREEDOM Enemies of the Internet - Countries under surveillance Introduction Web 2.0 UERSUS Control 2.0 The fight for free access to information is being played out to an ever greater extent on the Internet.The emerging general trend is that a growing number of countries are attemptimg to tighten their control of the Net but at the same time increasingly inventive netizens demonstrate mutual solidarity by mobilizing when necessary. THE INTERNET a space FDR INFORMATION-SHARING AND MOBILIZING In authoritarian countries in which the traditional media are state-controlled the Internet offers a unique space for discussion and information-sharing and has become an ever more important engine for protest and mobilization.The Internet is the crucible in which repressed civil societies can revive and develop. The new media and particularly social networks have given populations collaborative tools with which they can change the social order.Young people have taken them by storm. Facebook has become the rallying point for activists prevented from demonstrating in the streets. One simple video on YouTube -Neda in Iran or the Saffron march of the monks in Burma - can help to expose government abuses to the entire world. One simple USB flashdrive can be all it takes to disseminate news - as in Cuba where they have become the local samizdats. Here economic interest are intertwined with the need to defend free circulation of information. In some countries it is companies that have obtained better access to the Internet and to the new media sometimes with positive consequences for the rest
