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BBC News - A look behind the digital divide - 0 views

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shared by martinamarsic on 19 Mar 10 - Cached
  • martinamarsic on 19 Mar 10
     
    We tend to think of the digital divide in geographical terms (developed vs developing nations). But what does it mean for citizens of developed nations to be on the wrong side of this divide? This article gives a brief insight into the subject in Britain.
Eliza Hansell

Tories to pledge 'fastest broadband' in Europe - 1 views

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shared by Eliza Hansell on 12 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Eliza Hansell on 12 Mar 10
     
    Conservative party in Britain have released their "Technology Manifesto" before the elections. This manifesto supports a new emergence of public access online. It really seems to be too good to be true. It also looks to increase the digital divide between nations when some countries are just trying to catch up.
César Albarrán Torres

In Indonesia, the Internet Emerges as a (Too?) Powerful Tool - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by César Albarrán Torres on 20 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Displeased that a statue of a 10-year-old Barack Obama was installed in a park here, Indonesians took their protest not to this capital’s most famous traffic circle but to Facebook. More than 56,000 online protesters later, city officials gave in to arguments that the park should be reserved to honor an Indonesian.
  • But the boom is prompting a fierce debate over the limits of free expression in a newly democratic Indonesia, with the government trying to regulate content on the Internet and a recently emboldened news media pushing back.
  • Skeptics, especially among politicians and religious leaders, worry about mob rule and the loss of traditional values.
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  • Thanks to relatively cheap cellphones that offer Internet access, Facebook, Twitter and local social networking media have rapidly spread from cities to villages throughout Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia and the Philippines
  • In another cause célèbre, online support was critical in freeing a 32-year-old mother who was jailed after complaining about the poor service at a suburban Jakarta hospital.
  • According to data from Facebook, Indonesia trails only the United States, with 116 million users, and Britain, with 24 million.
  • “I think we are between China and the United States,” he said. “Yes, we are free. But with freedom comes responsibility.”
  • César Albarrán Torres on 20 Apr 10
     
    Good article on the social and political uses of social media (sic.) in Indonesia. There have been attempts to filter/censor content, but so far they have been avoided. Uses of Twitter, Facebook by politicians is also described. 
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