Internet as Freedom – Does the Internet Enhance the Freedoms People Enjoy?

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Internet as freedom – does the internet

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Yael Valerie Perez & Yahel Ben-David

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Department of Architecture, College of Environmental Design,

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

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Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

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To cite this article: Yael Valerie Perez & Yahel Ben-David (2012): Internet as freedom – does the

internet enhance the freedoms people enjoy?, Information Technology for Development, 18:4,

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