It used to be the TV and radio transmitters, and we've seen it time and time again in Asia, in the Middle East, in North Africa, in South America and now again in sub Saharan Africa; but now when governments are put under pressure and scared by social unrest the first port of call is the mobile operators and social media.

Where people and nations are privileged to enjoy freedom of thought, freedom of expression and freedom of speech, we find that these rights fiercely protected. And in our increasingly connected world we must now protect the enabling freedom to connect.

It's this freedom to connect that is slowly becoming enshrined in law because it allows people to access to the communications channel which enable these other freedoms to exist.

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