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Evgeny Morozov, internet analyst

Stephen Sackur speaks to internet analyst Evgeny Morozov, who argues that far from liberating the world the internet can help to sure up repressive regimes.

The mobile phone and the internet - are these the tools of 21st century revolution? From Tunisia to Iran to Kenya protest movements have been linked to web-based activism. Information technology it seems is democracy's new best friend. Or is it? Stephen Sackur speaks to internet analyst Evgeny Morozov who takes a contrarian view - that far from liberating the world the internet can sure up repressive regimes. So, dictators or democrats, who's gaining most from the world wide web?

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30 minutes