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InternetThreatens States
How social media changed revolutions
Summary
• A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
• A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
2009
Presidential
Election Protest
Iran
A violent
repression
• A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
TheArab
Spring
From simple protests
to CivilWar
• A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
Information by the people, for the people
• RealTime information
• Uncensored
• Interactive
• A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
Inspires the individuals
• Information  Inspires Resistance  Support Democracy
• At home and abroad
• A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
It’s just a tool
• “Humans co-evolve with their tools”- Jeff BEZOS
• “[The internet] did not cause the uprising. […]When people […] wanted to
do something, they could lay their hands on these tools, in a way they never
could before” – Clay SHIRKY
• A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
Information is a
weapon
• Free flow of information
gives power to the
people
• A couple of examples
• Iran
• Arab Spring
• People Powered
• By the people, For the people
• Inspire
• Internet as a tool
• Information is a weapon
• Decentralized by design
• Democratic by extension
Decentralized by Design
Democratic by extension
• ARPA net
• Decentralized for reliability and resilience
• Impossible to shutdown  support democracy

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How Social Media Changed Revolutions

  • 1. InternetThreatens States How social media changed revolutions
  • 2. Summary • A couple of examples • Iran • Arab Spring • People Powered • By the people, For the people • Inspire • Internet as a tool • Information is a weapon • Decentralized by design • Democratic by extension
  • 3. • A couple of examples • Iran • Arab Spring • People Powered • By the people, For the people • Inspire • Internet as a tool • Information is a weapon • Decentralized by design • Democratic by extension
  • 6. • A couple of examples • Iran • Arab Spring • People Powered • By the people, For the people • Inspire • Internet as a tool • Information is a weapon • Decentralized by design • Democratic by extension
  • 8. • A couple of examples • Iran • Arab Spring • People Powered • By the people, For the people • Inspire • Internet as a tool • Information is a weapon • Decentralized by design • Democratic by extension
  • 9. Information by the people, for the people • RealTime information • Uncensored • Interactive
  • 10. • A couple of examples • Iran • Arab Spring • People Powered • By the people, For the people • Inspire • Internet as a tool • Information is a weapon • Decentralized by design • Democratic by extension
  • 11. Inspires the individuals • Information  Inspires Resistance  Support Democracy • At home and abroad
  • 12. • A couple of examples • Iran • Arab Spring • People Powered • By the people, For the people • Inspire • Internet as a tool • Information is a weapon • Decentralized by design • Democratic by extension
  • 13. It’s just a tool • “Humans co-evolve with their tools”- Jeff BEZOS • “[The internet] did not cause the uprising. […]When people […] wanted to do something, they could lay their hands on these tools, in a way they never could before” – Clay SHIRKY
  • 14. • A couple of examples • Iran • Arab Spring • People Powered • By the people, For the people • Inspire • Internet as a tool • Information is a weapon • Decentralized by design • Democratic by extension
  • 15. Information is a weapon • Free flow of information gives power to the people
  • 16. • A couple of examples • Iran • Arab Spring • People Powered • By the people, For the people • Inspire • Internet as a tool • Information is a weapon • Decentralized by design • Democratic by extension
  • 17. Decentralized by Design Democratic by extension • ARPA net • Decentralized for reliability and resilience • Impossible to shutdown  support democracy