Online edition of The Atlantic has reproduced the piece of Leo Mirani that refers to LIRNEasia’s 2012 findings on Internet being eclipsed by Facebook. Jonathan Zittrain of MIT has posted this article on his Facebook page. And that is the beauty of a good research.
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Jeremy
Hi, the link here to Leo’s piece doesn’t seem to work. I believe it’s this: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/facebook-is-bigger-than-the-internet-whoa/385350/
Rohan Samarajiva
Thank you, Jeremy. Link fixed.
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