Evgeny Morozov is a Belarusian writer and researcher who is interested in the negative implications of technology. He argues that while the internet can make regimes more democratic, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter risk becoming tools for surveillance, censorship, propaganda, and influencing political situations. Morozov also controversially believes that the Arab Spring uprisings were influenced more by local media organizations like Al-Jazeera than large social networks.

1. Morozov
Evgeny Morozov is a writer and researcher from Belarus. He has a great interest in
the negative implications of technology.
He argues that the internet is helping make the regimes of authors more
democratic. He also states that the internet and social media websites such as
Facebook and twitter are at risk of becoming a powerful way for people to engage
in surveillance, censorship, nationalist and extremist propaganda on their sites. He
also views the internet as a natural political form of technology determined what
we do as humans, which can lead to technology being a main catalyst for changes
in political situations and matters.
Morozov additionally has the very controversial view that in Iran and the Arab
Springs were not really affected by big social media sites such as Facebook and
Twitter. Instead it is that media agents such as Al-Jazeera which is a local website
and news organisation played a bigger part. Showing that local run organisations
should have more of an affect on political situations.