Something as simple as double clicking the icon for your favorite web browser can become a high-risk if we have the misfortune of live in a dictatorship as China or Cuba, just for give your opinion in a social network they can condemn you to go in prison, and the penalty can be up to fifteen years.
This kind of regimes have different methods to prevent internet access, in Cuba is not allowed to have internet in indiavidual households, only professionals like doctors and they can use pages just to professional consultation. In China it is even more complicated, there are used filters and hackers to block every kind of information and data not suitable for the government.
But despite such restrictions, these barriers have cracks through which seeps the ingenuity and the desire for freedom of oppressed populations as was demonstrated by the recent events in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.
Hopefully these cracks will move in the direction of freedom and not change from one dictatorship to another.
A very interesting piece of writing Marta! I also hope that with time this type of censorship disappears. It is amazing what is going on in these countries, especially China; they have even censored skype and every other online call program, they are only allowed to use public operators... www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8231459/China-blocks-Skype-other-websites-the-country-has-blocked.html
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