communications into the application domain will increase complexity further, and raise
interesting policy questions—but there may be different questions in developed and lessdeveloped countries.
The utopians are sometimes seen as having lost; the Internet does have borders now. However, information is much more free than it was ten years ago, and the real question is whether
one sees the glass as being half empty or half full. There is no doubt that modern communications technologies—including the mobile phone as well as the Internet—have greatly facilitated the dissemination of news, cultural exchanges, and political activism. Even in developed
countries, new technologies from blogs to videophones have increased the potential for surveillance, but have also helped people hold officials to account.
Notes
1. Richard Clayton, Steven J. Murdoch, and Robert N. M. Watson, ‘‘Ignoring the Great Firewall of China’’ in 6th Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Cambridge, England, 28–30 June 2006).
2. Maximillian Dornseif, ‘‘Government Mandated Blocking of Foreign Web Content,’’ in Security, E-Learning,
E-Services: Proceedings of the 17, ed. J. von Knop, W. Haverkamp, and E. Jessen (DFN-Arbeitstagung u ¨ber
Kommunikationsnetze, 2003).
3. Richard Clayton, ‘‘Failures in a Hybrid Content Blocking System,’’ in Fifth Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Dubrovnik Cavtat, Croatia, 30 May–1 June 2005).
4. Xiao Qiang, ‘‘Image of Internet Police: Jingjing and Chacha Online,’’ China Digital Times, http://chinadigitaltimes
.net/2006/01/image_of_internet_police_jingjing_and_chacha_online_hon.php (accessed February 19, 2007).
5. Ben Edelman, ‘‘Web Sites Sharing IP Addresses: Prevalence and Significance,’’ Berkman Center for Internet and
Society (September 2003).
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interesting policy questions—but there may be different questions in developed and lessdeveloped countries.
The utopians are sometimes seen as having lost; the Internet does have borders now. However, information is much more free than it was ten years ago, and the real question is whether
one sees the glass as being half empty or half full. There is no doubt that modern communications technologies—including the mobile phone as well as the Internet—have greatly facilitated the dissemination of news, cultural exchanges, and political activism. Even in developed
countries, new technologies from blogs to videophones have increased the potential for surveillance, but have also helped people hold officials to account.
Notes
1. Richard Clayton, Steven J. Murdoch, and Robert N. M. Watson, ‘‘Ignoring the Great Firewall of China’’ in 6th Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Cambridge, England, 28–30 June 2006).
2. Maximillian Dornseif, ‘‘Government Mandated Blocking of Foreign Web Content,’’ in Security, E-Learning,
E-Services: Proceedings of the 17, ed. J. von Knop, W. Haverkamp, and E. Jessen (DFN-Arbeitstagung u ¨ber
Kommunikationsnetze, 2003).
3. Richard Clayton, ‘‘Failures in a Hybrid Content Blocking System,’’ in Fifth Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Dubrovnik Cavtat, Croatia, 30 May–1 June 2005).
4. Xiao Qiang, ‘‘Image of Internet Police: Jingjing and Chacha Online,’’ China Digital Times, http://chinadigitaltimes
.net/2006/01/image_of_internet_police_jingjing_and_chacha_online_hon.php (accessed February 19, 2007).
5. Ben Edelman, ‘‘Web Sites Sharing IP Addresses: Prevalence and Significance,’’ Berkman Center for Internet and
Society (September 2003).
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