The tough choice between analogue and digital tyranny, By 'Tope Fasua

In 2011, as the U.K. contorted under widespread riots, PM David Cameron threatened to shut down Twitter. Germany, France and other Western European countries criticised what they call ‘digital oligarchy’, after Facebook and Twitter shut down Trump. China never allowed Twitter in, rather getting some of her smart young people to build their own. Twitter was very effective during the Arab Spring and indeed it undid Hosni Mubarak.

“No one can ignore a gathering force that is reshaping the future of every member of this assembly; there has been nothing like it in history. When I think of the great scientific revolutions of the past; print, the steam engine, aviation, the atomic age, I think of new tools that we acquired and over which we the human race have the advantage; which we can control. And that is not necessarily the case in the digital age.

So the mission of the United Kingdom and all who share our values must be to ensure that emerging technologies are designed from the outset for freedom, openness and pluralism, with the right safeguards in place to protect our people…

Govt& its sympathisers keep shouting Jack everywhere as if Jack told SARS to harass ppl or hide palliative or kidnap school children. That is the reason ppl aggregated on Twitter. Not bcos of some weird conspiracy. This finger pointing game never ends in naija.

topefasua: “…you can provide a platform, and enforce your rules strictly without anyone having to know your name… However, when you start to tweet in favour of one party or the other … direct such actions against one of your customers, then you have openly taken sides …”

Insightful, Thanks for sharing.

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He has come again with blame game. Can't people launch a campaign for presidency without looking for who and what to blame? All these seasonal presidential candidates.

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