Digital Revolution and Political Action Quiz

What is one way in which authoritarian governments seek to limit the liberating potential of new communication technologies?

• Encouraging freedom of speech

• Promoting digital activism

• Implementing internet privacy laws

• Using technology to monitor and survey critical voices

What is the main argument made by Senem Duzgit in the text?

• The digital revolution has empowered ordinary citizens

• Large numbers of people still lack access to digital technologies

• Protests and demonstrations can usually be withstood by established authorities

• Technology creates new possibilities for collecting and analyzing data

Which country has passed an Internet Law requiring internet service providers to store data and make it available to the authorities upon request?

• Egypt

• United Kingdom

• Tunisia

• Turkey

Hacktivist networks such as Anonymous have defaced corporate and government websites and engaged in virtual sabotage.

• True

• False

Digital optimists argue that digital activists have used the internet to challenge power elites.

• True

• False