Internet will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes

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, " jagbir singh "

<adishakti_org wrote:

>

> >

> > Dear Uncleji,

> >

> > Just wanted to let you know that i noticed that the following

> > links:

> >

> > www.al-qiyamah.org

> > and http://www.afreehome.com/adishakti/book.html

> >

> > are blocked in dubai, (and possibly in other nearby countries

> > following same format too). i could enter al-qiyamah through the

> > main adishakti.org site, but only one page opened, and any other

> > links in the same page, were again leading to the " site blocked "

> > page. so basically, anything that is written in context of this

> > is blocked, and only " hinduistic " / adishakti links open.

> >

> > i dont remember too clearly, but i think i was able to enter all

> > those links before and they have been blocked somewhat recently.

> >

> > Jai Shri Mataji,

> >

> > Xxxxxxx

> >

> >

>

> While i restore all qiyamah links at www.adishakti.org there is a

> solution at:

>

> http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html

>

> jagbir

>

>

>

> Cat and mouse, on the web

>

> FROM THE ECONOMIST

>

> Techniques to evade censorship of internet traffic are improving,

> to the chagrin of authoritarian regimes

>

> FOR a website lashed together in a week by a college student,

> Anonymouse.org is not to be sniffed at. Alexander Pircher, a

> computer-science student in Darmstadt, Germany, created the site in

> 1997. Users simply type a web address into a box on the Anonymouse

> home page and click a button, and the Anonymouse server (rather

> than the user's own computer) fetches the page and displays it. To

> many people this might seem pointless: rerouting data through

> another server makes for slower surfing, fonts and graphics are

> sometimes slightly skewed and video may not work properly.

>

> But for many others the manoeuvre is anything but pointless, for

> this redirection allows them to surf the web anonymously. It

> enables people living under repressive regimes to visit censored

> websites because, technically speaking, they are only visiting

> Anonymouse.org. More than 3m people access the web through

> Anonymouse.org every day and Mr Pircher, who now upgrades his

> software with help from friends, says he receives plenty of thank-

> you messages from censorship-dodgers in countries like Cuba, Iran,

> North Korea and Saudi Arabia. " We're bringing people the Universal

> Declaration of Human Rights, " he says, referring to Article 19 of

> the United Nations document, which says freedom of information is a

> fundamental right.

>

> Anonymouse.org is not alone. It is part of a large and growing

> constellation of similar computer servers, known as proxies, put

> online for the most part by activists living in free countries.

> These proxy servers play a central role in the global struggle to

> outsmart censors working to protect undemocratic regimes from

> political and social dissent. Mokhtar Yahyaoui, a lawyer in

> Tunisia, says that in his country proxies " are pretty much the

> only way to get information that's not official government

> information " .

>

> The Economist

>

 

'You' named Time's person of 2006

BBC, Sunday, 17 December 2006

 

" You " have been named as Time magazine's Person of the Year for the

growth and influence of user-generated content on the internet.

The US magazine praised the public for " seizing the reins of the

global media " and filling the web's virtual world.

 

Time has been giving out its somewhat controversial awards since

1927, aiming to identify who most affected the news.

 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Chinese leader Hu Jintao and

North Korea's Jong-il were 2006 contenders.

 

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, his wife Melinda and rock star Bono

won the accolade last year and recent winners also include President

George W Bush, in 2004, and " The American Soldier " in 2003.

 

'Wresting power'

 

The magazine said naming a collectivity rather than an individual

reflected the way the internet was shifting the balance of power

within the media through blogs, videos and social networks.

 

Time cited websites such as YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and

Wikipedia, which allow users to interact with the web, by uploading

and publishing their own comments, videos, pictures and links.

 

" It's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one

another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but

also change the way the world changes, " Time magazine's Lev Grossman

writes.

 

Time praised the tool that made such broad collaboration possible -

the web.

 

" It's a tool for bringing together the small contributions of

millions of people and making them matter, " Mr Grossman said.

 

'You' named Time's person of 2006

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6187113.stm