Authoritarian governments and state institutions are becoming
increasingly techno-savvy. They seek to control the public sphere
and propagate their own political agenda to ensure broad legitimacy.
Ending authoritarian rule is not only a matter of wiring enough people.
Technology is a tool that can be made useful by political, economic and
social actors. It is the experience of IMS from working around the world
in difficult political environments that only by promoting very specific
programmatic uses of new media and networked communications can
impact be achieved.