Google chairman Eric Schmidt is worried about the future of internet openness in Burma (also called Myanmar), one of the least-connected countries in the world. In a post on his Google+ page published Sunday, Schmidt describes some of his initial impressions after visiting the country last month, when Google launched new services there. While some of Schmidt's takeaways are optimistic, he's concerned that local, long-simmering religious conflicts will spill out onto the internet and could lead to a new era of repression in Burma, just as the country attempts to emerge from military rule that ended in 2011.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/1/4170242/google-eric-schmidt-warns-burma-internet-dangerous-period
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