class=”text”> Photography of Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. (Daniel Barry / EFE)
Google CEO, Eric Schmidt , said Friday at a conference on Internet freedom of expression and that “mobile revolution is going to be in the defining force “in countries with authoritarian regimes .
According to Schmidt, “suddenly autocracies are viewing this impressive change that empowers people ” and said that despite these governments try to do everything possible to stop this “revolution” that will become increasingly difficult thanks to mobile and internet technology.
class=”imp”> Schmidt cited North Korea among the countries in which it is changing, for better, access to information “The mobile revolution, of which all are a part, will be the defining story for most people in authoritarian systems in the next 5 to 10 years “said Schmidt in a series of conferences organized by Google and Bloomberg in Washington.
President indicated that these dictatorships “ are going to realize that it is impossible to stop ” the technological revolution that allows you to share opinions and have access to information at all times, something that little by little is changing in countries like Somalia, North Korea or Burma.
Schmidt, who recently visited North Korea, said the Internet and companies like yours are forced to fight this censorship and the “temptation (government) to put internet filters” .
Google services like YouTube video portal is locked in countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, China or Iran and others like Morocco allow access to the map service Google Earth, something that Schmidt was surprised.
internet giant’s chairman also highlighted the growing power struggle in the virtual world of internet. “In the real world the United States and China get along quite well, but in cyberspace that is not so ,” he said.
“Countries are willing to do things in cyberspace that never do in the physical world ” said executive recalled that boldness may have important consequences in the real world.
Schmidtconsidered China remains “the usual suspect” in this cyber war, noting as an example that “the day is recorded the lowest level of the year hacking is the chinese new year start. “
However, recalled the dangers of directly accusing China of attacks, and that “in the online world the notion of attribution is much more complicated ” and a third party may be responsible.
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