When a wave of revolution crashed over the Middle East this Spring, many said what ended in the streets began with 140 characters or less—on social media like Twitter, Youtube and Facebook. Hoping to harness the people power of online communication, the US State Department is providing $2 million in grants for the "internet in a suitcase" to help dissidents circumvent repressive regimes' internet censorship with mobile web technology. But critics like John Young of Cryptome and Barrett Brown of Project PM say these "liberation technologies" could also allow governments and corporations to spy on and influence online revolutions.
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