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Re: [FYI] How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet



Hartmut Semken nennt das den GBI-Faktor. Das grosse böse 
Internet ist an allem Schuld. Der letzte Absatz ist dann das 
Feigenblatt. 

Naja=85%

Rigo


Am Tuesday 20 April 2004 10:44 verlautbarte Axel H Horns :
> <http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr116.pdf>
> 
> 
> Gabriel Weimann www.terror.net
> 
> How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet  
> 
> Summary   
> 
> ? The great virtues of the Internet ? ease of access, lack of 
> regulation, vast potential audiences, and fast flow of information, 
> among others ? have been turned to the advantage of groups committed 
> to terrorizing societies to achieve their goals.   
> ? While we must better defend our societies against cyberterrorism 
> and Internet-savvy terrorists, we should also consider the costs of 
> applying counterterrorism measures to the Internet. Such measures can 
> hand authoritarian governments and agencies with little public 
> accountability tools with which to violate privacy, curtail the free 
> flow of information, and restrict freedom of expression, thus adding 
> a heavy price in terms of diminished civil liberties to the high toll 
> exacted by terrorism itself.   
> 
> www.usip.org   

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