Twitter Revolution Meets Surveillance State: Now What?

Presented at HOPE Number Nine (2012), July 14, 2012, 8 p.m. (60 minutes).

In the past decade, authoritarian governments have witnessed political upheaval ranging from the Orange Revolution to the Arab Spring movements. Many governments around the world have responded by more closely monitoring and even censoring telephone, Internet, and mobile communications. Join TProphet for a detailed and technical look at this censorship and surveillance, how it’s being implemented in various countries, the present and future risk to your communications freedom, and what you can do to protect yourself.


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  • TProphet
    TProphet has been a 2600 Magazine writer and columnist for two decades. A noted futurist, technologist, and author of the popular quarterly “Telecom Informer” column, he believes in the power of communication to change the world.

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