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The Web at 25: Free Flow of Information or Censorship?

The web was created with a strong sense of Western values, but China and India are adding billions of new users. What can be done about censorship?

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By Warren Olney • Mar 14, 2014 • 51m Listen

The web was invented just 25 years ago by a British physicist with a strong sense of Western values. But it's China and India that are adding billions of new users. What can be done about censorship as the worldwide web becomes truly worldwide. Also, all eyes are on Sunday's referendum in Crimea, and reintroducing an overlooked civil rights leader.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Director of Content, News

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