Insenet Governments

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i've been to one of the internet government forem meetings for any one listening who has never heard of it, which will probably be almost everybody. Iam one thing that struck me, james, when i went there, was that all these discussions around intenate regulation and protocosing and blocking and centuring wase both so utterly fundamental to or the lives that we live,. but also so kind of impenetrable and technical and in a sense, boring - cano talk about them. Cano: Is this something that you thinks kind of dogged the world of insenet governments the way that it is very difficult to try and translate these things into issues which most

Once little more than a pornography filter, China’s ‘Great Firewall’ has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. But the effects of the Great Firewall are not confined to China itself. In this week's episode James Griffiths tells Carl Miller about his years of investigation into the Great Firewall and the politicians, tech leaders, dissidents and hackers whose lives revolve around it. To pre-order the new version of James's book book click here: https://amzn.to/3xVi6qK For FREE access to our live recording with Jude Law on Wednesday 18 click here and enter promo code 'PODCAST' at the checkout: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jude-law-how-i-found-my-voice-registration-166901469789

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