The lead attacker of Austin Heap appears to have been Evgeny Morozov, who has close ties with George Soros and the former Soviet bloc, and who writes for Foreign Policy.
Evgeny Morozov claims to be a Belarus-born researcher and blogger who works on the political effects of the internet. Morozov expresses skepticism about the Internet's ability to provoke change in authoritarian regimes, and instead believes that the internet can strengthen authoritarian regimes.
He is a Yahoo! fellow at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and a contributing editor of and blogger for Foreign Policy magazine.
Prior to his appointment to Georgetown, he was a fellow at George Soros's Open Society Institute, where he remains on the board of the Information Program. Before moving to the US, Morozov was based in Berlin and Prague, where he was Director of New Media at Transitions Online, a media development NGO active in 29 countries of the former Soviet bloc.
He was previously a columnist for the Russian newspaper Akzia. His writings have appeared in various newspapers and magazines around the world, including The Economist, Newsweek International, International Herald Tribune, Boston Review, Slate, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He has been chosen as a TED fellow where he spoke about how the Web influences regime stability in authoritarian, closed societies. He is a critic of the impact of the internet and other technologies in bringing about social or political change, sometimes even aiding dictatorships.
In as much as Austin Heap is devoted to bringing about regime change via the internet, and Morozov is devoted to the exact opposite viewpoint, the two are at least intellectual enemies. There are also ties to the former Soviet bloc and to George Soros, so Morozov could also be acting as a puppet.
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The lead attacker of Austin Heap appears to have been Evgeny Morozov, who has close ties with George Soros and the former Soviet bloc, and who writes for Foreign Policy. Evgeny Morozov claims to be a Belarus-born researcher and blogger who works on the political effects of the internet. Morozov expresses skepticism about the Internet's ability to provoke change in authoritarian regimes, and instead believes that the internet can strengthen authoritarian regimes. He is a Yahoo! fellow at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and a contributing editor of and blogger for Foreign Policy magazine. Prior to his appointment to Georgetown, he was a fellow at George Soros's Open Society Institute, where he remains on the board of the Information Program. Before moving to the US, Morozov was based in Berlin and Prague, where he was Director of New Media at Transitions Online, a media development NGO active in 29 countries of the former Soviet bloc. He was previously a columnist for the Russian newspaper Akzia. His writings have appeared in various newspapers and magazines around the world, including The Economist, Newsweek International, International Herald Tribune, Boston Review, Slate, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He has been chosen as a TED fellow where he spoke about how the Web influences regime stability in authoritarian, closed societies. He is a critic of the impact of the internet and other technologies in bringing about social or political change, sometimes even aiding dictatorships. In as much as Austin Heap is devoted to bringing about regime change via the internet, and Morozov is devoted to the exact opposite viewpoint, the two are at least intellectual enemies. There are also ties to the former Soviet bloc and to George Soros, so Morozov could also be acting as a puppet.