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The Blogging Revolution: Going Online in Repressive Regimes

October 25th, 2008

In 2007, Australian journalist, author and blogger Antony Loewenstein traveled to Egypt, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and China to investigate how the net was challenging authoritarian regimes, the role of Western multinationals such as Google in the assistance of web filtering and how misinformed we are in the West towards states considered “enemies” or “allies”. He discusses his acclaimed new book, The Blogging Revolution.

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