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Access Denied The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering
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Internet filtering seems like an infringement of the civil liberties of all of us who use this free, public, unitary, global network of networks. But states have a strong argument that they have the right to control domestic matters, whether or not they occur in cyberspace, and there is often little that other states can do to influence them. The future of the Internet, if not all geopolitics, hangs in the balance.
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- Authors
- Deibert, R., Palfrey, J., Rohozinski, R., & Zittrain, J. L.
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- CrimRxiv
- Publisher
- Knowledge Futures
- Published
- 2008-02-01
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies
- Social Sciences › Law › Freedom of Expression and Defamation
- Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
- Keywords
- internet filtering, civil liberties, internet governance, geopolitics, censorship, freedom of expression
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