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Freedom and the Internet

Slavery and Freedom on the Internet

Slavery and Freedom on the Internet

By Nir Boms, The Jerusalem Post Aug. 21, 2007 The Internet - the free and open Web of ideas - has become the new symbol of freedom, or at least one of its more visible prophets. Howard Rheingold, a scholar of the early Internet era, predicted a utopian vision where...

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June 2, 2008
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Syria and Tunisia: Enemies of the Web

Syria and Tunisia: Enemies of the Web

By Nir Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | December 15, 2004 Last month, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced the creation of a new group to exert control over what has remained a rare bastion of freedom: the Internet. The group's forum is the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Its 40...

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May 21, 2008
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Democracy Web

Democracy Web

  August 23rd, 2004 By Nir Boms/Erick Stakelbeck While the war on terror has left scores of Islamist terrorists worldwide on the run, there is still one place where they - or at least, their message - can find safe refuge: the Internet.  In the past two weeks alone, a...

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May 21, 2008
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Gaza’s Internet War

Gaza’s Internet War

Islamic war on freedom of thought in Gaza should concern Israelis as well Niv Lillian, Nir Boms Published:   06.04.07, 09:08 / Israel Opinion At 3 am, in the shadow of the ongoing fighting, a giant blast shook Allah al-Shawa's Internet cafe in Gaza. The owner, who rushed to his business...

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May 14, 2008
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Orwellian Censorship

Orwellian Censorship

By Nir T. Boms and Elliot Chodoff Published November 10, 2006 "Ignorance is power," wrote George Orwell in his famous book "1984," referring to the information police that kept bad ideas from the eyes of good people. The rationale of the Big Brother has, unfortunately, often appeared throughout history. According...

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May 14, 2008
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Iranian Thought Police

Iranian Thought Police

We must keep channels of communication with Iranian people open Nir Bums, Niv Lilian Ignorance is power, wrote George Orwell in his book "1984" when describing the thought police that kept "bad" ideas away from good people. "Big Brother's" modus operandi worked well throughout history in eliminating undesired ideas kept...

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May 14, 2008
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The Power of the Dish and the War of Ideas

The Power of the Dish and the War of Ideas

  By Nir T. Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | August 1, 2003 On March of 2000, Zia Atabi, a former Iranian rock star, placed a small satellite dish on the roof of a former pornographic studio in one of Los Angeles neighborhoods and began broadcasting. Atabi, formally known as the "Tom Jones...

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May 12, 2008
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