Last but not least: An app for freedom of expression
There is an app for almost everything - an American think tank is currently even working on an application that should enable more freedom of expression in this world.
If governments can censor or use the internet to track down critics, then the internet should be bypassed, according to the central idea. The app is therefore designed specifically with dissidents in mind as a "secure and reliable platform that ensures that their communication cannot be controlled or interrupted by authoritarian regimes", according to the project's guidelines. In order to escape state control, the software is intended to make it possible to create an alternative network using various types of digital devices.
The chances of the software spreading quickly are not bad: it can be transferred from smartphone to smartphone or between other devices. States can prevent the software from being downloaded from the internet. But if a person enters the country with a cell phone on which the app is installed, it can be distributed further. So there is virtually nothing standing in the way of absolute, worldwide freedom of expression - and authoritarian regimes will soon have to dress warmly.
(Source: SDA/AFP)
