Commoditization of hi-tech devices such as digital cameras, video cameras, mobile phones together with almost omnipresent internet connection changed the ways the information battle between the authorities and the public. Of course it applies the most to situations such as current protest in Iran with totalitarian government fighting its own citizen, but remember Czechtek 2005 case [czech only, for english check Google translate].

The technologies seem to be a huge advantage for the otherwise weaker side of the public, but is that really true? Image North Korea which is a sort of a time trip to the fifties, where the people do not have any technology at all, so it can’t help. And there is much worse situation if the propaganda would start to use them as well. Then it would have no clear winner again and would become the battle of which source to trust. Am I more skeptical than usually today?