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“If done right, the Cyber Tsar won’t affect Internet freedom”

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Published 29 May, 2009, 22:40

President Barack Obama is creating a Cyber Tsar to safeguard Amerca's cyber space security. Gregory T. Nojeim from the Center for Democracy and Technology discusses the issue.

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