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A shop in Tahrir Square is spray painted with the word Twitter after the government shut off internet access on February 4, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011

Open quotePeople have a view that technology will make us free. No, people will make us free.Close quote

  • MICHAEL H. POSNER,
  • U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, saying that while the Obama Administration plans to roll out a new Internet-freedom policy, technology is not a "magic bullet" that can topple repressive regimes
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