The first enemy of any suppressive regime is information. That is why governments suppress information, particularly on the internet.
In an age when record numbers of citizens are being imprisoned or threatened for what they write on the internet a new website was launched on November 3 called Threatened Voices, (http://www.threatened.globalvoicesonline.org/). It is an on line, interactive tool that maps incidents of government suppression against bloggers.
The aim of the website is to counter the suppression that the government in question is enforcing against a blogger. By categorizing a blogger or social media user as: under arrest, threatened, deceased, released, or unknown, the site is giving a voice to an otherwise suppressed blogger. Reports of incidents have so far been made by associates of the suppressed blogger.
In an age when record numbers of citizens are being imprisoned or threatened for what they write on the internet a new website was launched on November 3 called Threatened Voices, (http://www.threatened.globalvoicesonline.org/). It is an on line, interactive tool that maps incidents of government suppression against bloggers.
The aim of the website is to counter the suppression that the government in question is enforcing against a blogger. By categorizing a blogger or social media user as: under arrest, threatened, deceased, released, or unknown, the site is giving a voice to an otherwise suppressed blogger. Reports of incidents have so far been made by associates of the suppressed blogger.
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Really interesting Joanna - thanks for this - william
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