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Internet in China: Obama says “Internet assists free flow of information”

During his visit to China, U.S. President Barrack Obama said in Shanghai that Internet has an enormous power in assisting information dissemination, and he personally has benefited from Internet […]

During his visit to China, U.S. President Barrack Obama said in Shanghai that Internet has an enormous power in assisting information dissemination, and he personally has benefited from Internet.

Answering a question at the town hall meeting in Shanghai on Monday, President Obama said to a group of young Chinese college students that more freely information flows, stronger a society becomes. He said that unrestricted Internet access will give rise to new and creative ideas, and to some extent hold the government accountable for its deeds.

Obama added that during his campaign for the White House, his team’s prompt and wise mobilization of young American voters helped him win the presidency.

via Obama: Internet assists free flow of information – People’s Daily Online.

By Itamar Medeiros

Originally from Brazil, Itamar Medeiros currently lives in Germany, where he works as VP of Design Strategy at SAP, where he leads the design vision for the entire Human Capital Management product line, ensuring cohesive product narratives and establishing best practices.

Working in the Information Technology industry since 1998, Itamar has helped truly global companies in multiple continents create great user experience through advocating Design and Innovation principles. Itamar has also served as a juror for prestigious design competitions and lectured on design topics at universities worldwide.

During his 7 years in China, he promoted the User Experience Design discipline as User Experience Manager at Autodesk and Local Coordinator of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in Shanghai.

Itamar holds a MA in Design Practice from Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), for which he received a Distinction Award for his thesis Creating Innovative Design Software Solutions within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments.

4 replies on “Internet in China: Obama says “Internet assists free flow of information””

The internet can also assist the free flow of misinformation, rumours, biased views, politically motivated misinformation and discriminatory sugar coated chaos inciting words that are defeating to fledgling developing societies. Sort of like people showing you that their “grass is greener” whilst you are still piping your yard. It distracts and demotivates. Eats away the fabric of society. It is necessary sometimes to protect society in such situations. Would you let you kids have access to “everything” on the internet? Would any women be happy at the “free access” to “alternative entertainement” their husbands have on the internet? Some of these comments we need to take with a pinch of salt. As Albert E. said, “its all relative”.

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