Sunday, September 24, 2006

Internet 'Refuseniks' May Be Planning Terror Acts in Coming Years?

An AFP newswire article by Jocelyne Zablit, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

An underclass of Internet "refuseniks" may be breeding and planning terror acts in coming years in reaction to technological advances, according to a survey.

The poll by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, an independent think tank, involved 742 technology thinkers and stakeholders who were asked in an online survey about the effect of the internet on social, political and economic life in the year 2020.

A majority -- 58 percent -- agreed with predictions that by 2020 tech "refuseniks" will emerge as a cultural group characterized by their choice to live off the network and that some will resort to terror acts in protest against technology.

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