Friday, January 20, 2012

"New battlelines drawn in cyber-space"


What is the relationship between the self-imposed blackout of Wikipedia and the September 2007 Israeli air raid against an alleged Syrian nuclear reactor? The sophisticated worm Stuxnet, dubbed the first cyber-weapon in history? Or the "cyber-war" between Saudi and Israeli hackers? And while we are on it, might we add WikiLeaks and the debates on media freedom?
Read it at Asia Times Online
New battlelines drawn in cyber-space
By Victor Kotsev

This is much bigger than a lot of people realize, but governments get it that the Internet is undermining authority of all types, sizes, and shapes — to Libertarian delight and authoritarian dilemma. How and where this is going to lead is unpredictable, and the outcomes will determine signifiant aspects of the future in global politics and the global economy.

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