[Myanmar] Google Chief Says €˜Dangerous Period’ Ahead For Burma Internet

Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt, who visited Burma on March 23, said he is concerned about the future of the Internet in Burma. He wrote in a blog post on Monday that the ongoing violence could lead to a new era of online censorship. Schmidt wrote: “We are entering a dangerous period for the Internet in Myanmar. What happens when a religious group falsely claims damages from others … will the Army be sent in, too? The country cannot even agree on a press freedoms law for the newspapers, and freedom of political speech is a one year old concept.â€