The question of whether the
internet is not inherently a force for democracy has a premise. It is that the
internet and the technology involved themselves does not necessarily relate to
democracy directly. Even the opposing side which believes the internet is
inherently a force for democracy concedes to this premise and state that the
technology must be twisted towards democracy. The proposition’s case is
dominated by the fact the internet not only provides useful information and
access to users around the world, but also inappropriate, distorted truth, and
manipulation and abusing by the government. Such disadvantages of internet,
especially critical to those countries which internet technology is not well
developed compared to developed nations, backlashes democracy. During the
Egyptian revolution during the Arab Spring, the opposition and the proposition have
digressing views upon this incident. The Egyptian government forced all network
services to shut down, and the proposition states the internet is vulnerable to
government control and abuse. On the other hand, the opposition states the
internet casts that much fear to the dictators due to its nature. But we also
have to ask ourselves whether the government is stupid enough to sit back and
do nothing but unplugging the internet whenever they feel unsafe.
21 May 2013
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