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The internet is bluring the lines between public and personal communications. Governments have a hard time censoring the internet. Before it was the internet, TV allowed millions to watch police brutality and the civil rights movement. Arab Spring Chinese Government has "the great fire-wall of China"

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How do poor nations like Iran have citizens who can afford internet service? How do we mix old activism with new activism (i.e. a political march or sit-in versus an online petition.)

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Twitter brought fourth revolutions in Moldova, Iran, and Egypt. Social media is re-inventing activism. Video phones everywhere allow for an issue in one area be accessed by the entire globe Internet gives rise to both conventional activism and "digital activism" Online activist movements are often leaderless, un-organized, and have little structure. Chinese citizens now have two competing sources of information: Official media and the Internet Zero tolerance for grass-roots politics in China. Digital tools are not powerful on their own, they need to be mixed with traditional methods such as face-to-face communication.