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...corners of the globe, the latter emphasizes the U.S. promoting indigenous voice in countries that curb free speech, says NYU telecommunications professor Clay Shirky, adding that enabling citizens to express themselves "is way more threatening than Voice of America-style broadcasts, and autocratic governments will react to that." Thus far, authoritarian governments have largely managed to control the Internet in their countries, argues Hal Roberts, a researcher with Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. "Actually I think the story of the first 15 years of the widespread use of the Internet is that it is deeply embedded with...
...like Sri Lanka cannot not go beyond the policy of communal intoxication and anti-western sentiment. Another example of this reality was the conduct of state media during the polls—they continued to depict the ruler as a pious and pure soul offering prayers in the temples, thus not allowing the average voter to think past the Sinhala-Buddhist chauvinism. These are the exact types of policies that nurtured hate and communal disharmony in every Sri Lankan election leading to several ethnic riots unleashed on Tamils...
...Wilders is convicted, he faces up to 16 months in prison. But he appears to be relishing the proceedings thus far, likely hoping the trial will give his party a boost ahead of next year's national elections. Speaking to the court last month, Wilders even quoted Thomas Jefferson, saying that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. "I believe in my heart and soul that freedom in the Netherlands is being threatened," he said. "It is not only our right but our obligation as free people to speak...
...Thus considerable support exists for artistically inclined students, and the Task Force has laid down the groundwork for slow but effective expansion of this trove of resources. But its endeavors rely on student engagement as much as the administration’s initiative...
After months of continued war-time correspondence, Savannah sends a break-up and farewell letter to John—thus lending the movie its title—and forces him to cope with their broken relationship when he returns to his home...