* Posts by DaWorm

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Gates: Killing the internet is easy

DaWorm

Internet pah, this is all about TV

Twit-book etc are minor compared to the impact that satellite TV has had. A bunch of internet based messages, even in the thousands, has had a negligible impact compared with TV showing pictures across Tunisia, Egypt and beyond. Radio coverage is also probably more important.

Just because a lot is posted on the internet doesn't mean that the general population is reading any of it. Internet access in Egypt is around the 20% mark (and much lower in other areas), whereas access to TV and radio will be near 100%. Shows how stupidly short-sighted the cuts to the World-Service are - for a tiny amount of money an enormous amount of important information is provided to otherwise cut-off people (if in doubt as Mikhail Gorbachev!)