Big Brother knows best

Headline Title: Big Brother knows best 02 September 2014 Governments around the world are taking control of the internet to crack down on freedom of expression online, censor information on rights violations and carry out indiscriminate surveillance of users in the name of national security.Below are some shocking examples of government interference and surveillance online, selected to show both the scale and severity of the problem, in both developed and developing countries.Internet intrusion by numbers2,000,000 – the number of people now employed to police China’s internet.193…

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