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Those ideologues are also insecure in their own beliefs: > A series of communiques issued in the Islamic State’s Syrian enclave last month closed down Internet
by imglorp 10y ago
Those ideologues are also insecure in their own beliefs:
> A series of communiques issued in the Islamic State’s Syrian enclave last month closed down Internet cafes in one province and ordered the destruction of TVs and satellite dishes in another.
The orders, billed as an effort to eliminate a tool for “disseminating infidel beliefs,” effectively cut off access to news from the outside world.
Tyrants everywhere know their position will not withstand debate.
This is something the tech community can help with: provide uncensorable, unblockable, and anonymous comm channels to keep the world talking.
- rayiner 10y agoOften on HN, you read the argument on here that "polls only show people support X because the mainstream media brainwashes them to believe it." I don't think that's true, but if it is, isn't it rational to want to keep your people from being exposed to that content?
- imglorp 10y agoIdeally there are a variety of sources and people with brains can evaluate all positions. That's getting harder and harder as Orwell and Huxley come into force.
- jrs235 10y ago>isn't it rational to want to keep your people from being exposed to that content? Absolutely. That's why control of the media is crucial to those that have an agenda and power/control complex. Look at NK, Russia, ISIS.
- vkou 10y agoAll governments have an agenda, and a power complex. See: FBI involvement in domestic politics, the NSA, etc.
- tamana 10y agoThe Rwandan genocide was incited orchestrated in non-trivial part by anonymous radio broadcasts, so, double edged sword.