{"id":18307,"date":"2011-03-21T14:26:14","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T12:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=18307"},"modified":"2011-03-21T14:26:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T12:26:14","slug":"the-internet-in-society-empowering-or-censoring-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=18307","title":{"rendered":"The Internet in Society: Empowering or Censoring Citizens?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uk8x3V-sUgU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Does the internet actually inhibit, not encourage democracy? In this new <a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?s=RSA+Animate\">RSA Animate<\/a>, Evgeny Morozov presents an alternative take on &#8216;cyber-utopianism&#8217; &#8211; the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely empancipatory role in global politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does the internet actually inhibit, not encourage democracy? 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