This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching laws and practices relevant to the internet, testing the accessibility of select websites, and in…
This paper would look on the preliminary initiatives of utilization and development of information and communication technology, especially internet, in the southeast region, taking examples in three countries, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. The paper would also discuss the framework and model adopted by each country in governing use and development of Information and communication techno…
Evgeny Morozov challenges the conventional wisdom of what he calls “cyber-utopianism.” Among other mischievous facts, he reports that there were only 19,235 registered Twitter accounts in Iran (0.027 percent of the population) on the eve of what many American pundits rebranded its “Twitter Revolution.” More damning, Morozov also demonstrates how the digital tools so useful to citizens i…