Name: 【TED】Rebecca MacKinnon: We can fight terror without sacrificing our rights (We can fight terror without sacrificing our rights | Rebecca MacKinnon)
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There's a big question at the center of life

How do we fight terror without destroying democracies,

I've spent much of my career working with journalists,

with human rights researchers all around the world,

that if our democratic societies do not double down

on protecting and defending human rights,

radical extremist ideologies are much more likely to persist.

I actually want to drill down on this a little bit.

So, one of the countries that has been on the frontlines of this issue

which was the only country to come out of the Arab Spring

they're struggling with serious terror attacks

And many Tunisians are calling on their government

to do whatever it takes to keep them safe.

has summed up the situation with this character who says,

I don't give a damn about the revolution.

I don't give a damn about democracy and liberty.

they will be a model not only for their region,

The reality is that civil society, journalists and activists

are coming under attack from extremist groups on the one hand,

We're seeing bloggers and journalists being jailed,

many of which are allies with the West in the war on terror.

has been charged with threatening state security,

along with six other activists in Morocco.

The Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been jailed and flogged

for insulting Islam and criticizing the Saudi regime on his blog.

More recently, the Turkish representative for Reporters Without Borders,

has been detained and charged with spreading terrorist propaganda,

because he and some other activists have been supporting Kurdish media.

Anti-terror measures quickly turn into state repression

without strong protection for minority communities

this needs to be supported by a robust, independent local media.

Washington is teaming up with Silicon Valley and with Hollywood

to pour millions -- hundreds of millions of dollars --

To counter the terrorist propaganda spreading all over the internet,

in Europe, Internet Referral Units are being set up,

so that people can report on extremist content that they find

that all of this propaganda, monitoring and censorship

that the people who are the most credible voices,

who can present credible ideas and alternative solutions

to real economic, social and political problems in their community

that are causing people to turn to extremism in the first place,

are being silenced by their own governments.

This is all adding up to a decrease in freedom across the world.

reports that 2015 marks the 10th straight year in a row

And this is not just because of the actions

are increasingly cracking down on dissenters,

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has warned

that "preventing extremism and promoting human rights go hand-in-hand."

It's not to say that governments shouldn't keep us safe --

but we need public oversight, transparency

extremists are literally killing off civil society in some countries.

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