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Internet Freedom Good—Repression
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- Internet freedom protects individuals’ by combatting repressive regimes
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Internet Freedom Good—RepressionThe Internet is manipulated as a tool to exert control over vulnerable populations and deprive them of their rights—Free Internet is keyFigliola, ’13, (Patricia Moloney, Specialist in Internet and Telecommunications Policy, “Promoting Global Internet Freedom: Policy and Technology,” Congressional Research Service, October 22, 2013, https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41837.pdf)//erg Governments everywhere need the Internet for economic growth and technological development. Some also seek to restrict the Internet in order to maintain social, political, or economic control. Such regimes often require the assistance of foreign Internet companies operating in their countries. These global technology companies find themselves in a dilemma. They must either follow the laws and requests of the host country, or refuse to do so and risk the loss of business licenses or the ability to sell services in that country. However, the global technology industry also risks raising the concern of U.S. lawmakers by appearing to be complicit with a repressive regime if they cooperate. For example, the Global Online Freedom Act of 2011 (GOFA) (H.R. 3605), introduced by Representative Christopher Smith, would prohibit or require reporting of the sale of Internet technologies and provision of Internet services to “Internet-restricting countries” (as determined by the State Department). That legislation mirrors opinions of some who believe that the U.S. technology industry should be doing more to ensure that its products are not used for repressive purposes. Others believe that technology can offer a complementary (and, in some cases, better) solution to prevent government censorship than mandates imposed on companies. Hardware, software, and Internet services, in and of themselves, are neutral elements of the Internet; it is how they are implemented by various countries that makes them “repressive.” For example, software is needed by Internet service providers (ISPs) to provide that service. However, software features intended for day-to-day Internet traffic management, such as filtering programs that catch spam or viruses, can be misused. Repressive governments use such programs to censor and monitor Internet traffic—sometimes using them to identify specific individuals for persecution. Further, U.S. technology representatives note that it is not currently feasible to completely remove these programs, even when sold to countries that use those features to repress political speech, without risking significant network disruptions.1 Internet freedom protects individuals’ by combatting repressive regimesSugarman, ’14, (Eli, Cyber Initiative Program Officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Adviser to Stanford University's Rule of Law Program and a Truman National Security Fellow, “Russia's War on Internet Freedom Is Bad for Business and the Russian Economy,” Forbes, 3/27/2014, http://www.forbes.com/sites/elisugarman/2014/03/27/russias-war-on-internet-freedom-is-bad-for-business-and-the-russian-economy/)//erg Russia’s invasion of the Crimea could push the country into a sharp recession. Yet Moscow’s war on Internet freedom should spook investors even more. It risks long term damage to Russia’s economy, according to a recent report by Dalberg. President Putin should change course and support a free and open Internet before it’s too late. Russia ranks poorly in global indexes of Internet freedom due to widespread censorship of online content and repeated violation of users’ rights, including criminal prosecution for blog posts critical of the government. Earlier this month, the Russian government took some of its boldest steps yet and blocked the independent news site of chess-champion and opposition figure Garry Kasparov as well as the very popular blog of well-known anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny. Internet restrictions accelerated following Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency nearly two years ago. Moscow passed its “Internet blacklist law” in July 2012 that empowered Russian prosecutors to block websites that contain extremist materials and/or content harmful to children without a court order. That law has since been abused to block local news websites, religious websites, blogs on LiveJournal, and other publications that run afoul of the Kremlin. Soft Power Good—TerrorismSoft power key to solve terrorismNye 06 (Joseph S. Jr., University distinguished service professor at Harvard University and author of Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics, “Think Again: Soft Power,” Foreign Policy, 2/23/06, http://foreignpolicy.com/2006/02/23/think-again-soft-power/)//kjz Soft Power Is Irrelevant to the Current Terrorist Threat False. There is a small likelihood that the West will ever attract such people as Mohammed Atta or Osama bin Laden. We need hard power to deal with people like them. But the current terrorist threat is not Samuel Huntingtons clash of civilizations. It is a civil war within Islam between a majority of moderates and a small minority who want to coerce others into an extremist and oversimplified version of their religion. The United States cannot win unless the moderates win. We cannot win unless the number of people the extremists are recruiting is lower than the number we are killing and deterring. Rumsfeld himself asked in a 2003 memo: Are we capturing, killing, or deterring and dissuading more terrorists every day than the madrasas and the radical clerics are recruiting, training, and deploying against us? That equation will be very hard to balance without a strategy to win hearts and minds. Soft power is more relevant than ever. [Insert terrorism impact]Directory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 0.51 Mb. Share with your friends:
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