Study: Internet erodes democratic protections

Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 08:30 in Mathematics & Economics

Claims that the internet will "democratize" the global village are not supported by research published in the International Journal of Electronic Governance. Instead, non-democratic governments simply exploit the networks to spy on and control their citizens more effectively and efficiently than they did before.

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