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Established democracies, internet censorship, and the social media test

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Dick, Archie L.

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Social media can test how firmly entrenched Internet freedom is in established democracies through a comparison with countries with an authoritarian track record. The method is to evaluate the use of social media in recent protests in a sample of established democracies and authoritarian regimes, and to compare differences and similarities in government responses.

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Internet censorship, Intellectual freedom, Social media, Established democracies, Authoritarian regimes

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Dick, AL 2012, 'Established democracies, internet censorship, and the social media test', Information Development, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 259-260.