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| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:07PM | | | | Battle over Internet Freedom | Tags: Internet, freedom of expression, Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19, Eleanor Roosevelt.
| | | From China to Syria, repressive nations are cracking down hard on digital dissidents.
February 24, 2009
From the Christian Science Monitor
Washington - Eleanor Roosevelt never imagined the Internet.
Neither did the other framers of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago when they enshrined the right to freedom of expression. Yet they wisely left room for just such a development by declaring in Article 19: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
Today, the Internet is both the vehicle and the battleground for freedom of expression around the world.... | | | | | |
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