War on the Web

World Wide Web is something, which makes you think about the interesting sites, technologies and entertaining stuffs. However, what will happen, if it becomes a place for violence and struggle! The war between freedom and power is not new, it has been coming from several decades and now it has engraved the world of internet.

Yes, apart from songs, movies and shopping, there are lots of other stuffs in the web. The major factor that propelled the influence of internet in the midst of the political world was the power of the web to bring millions of people in one platform where they can enforce their issues and share it to the masses.

While talking about violence, we cannot forget the world famous post election violence occurred after the presidential elections in Iran. At that time, Twitter was the first that brought the war on web. It revealed the actual sides of the protests to the people worldwide. The Iranian government was unable to put a control gate to the chaotic flow of their information all over the globe. It could never have been possible to put forward the reality without the mainstream web media.

The real beauty of web is that it is capable in empowering any of you to come forward and express your own view. An example is set by a young IT wizard named Austin Heap. The conversation between him and his friend at Iran was surprising and proved the power of web. Software called Haystack was used which provides the Iranians with a unique way to anonymously access the web media.

Another most unforgettable cyber attack was the Denial of Service attack. The 23-year-old named Konstantin Goloskokov, was an architect and a commissar in the movement Nashi was the brain behind the scene. Later on when he was asked about it, he showed no regrets at all rather what he believed is that why one should go for a real war with real weapons when you can strike back the whole nation from your desk sitting in front your computer.

The main catalyst of the attack was the relocation of the bronze statue of a soldier Tallinn from city centre to a cemetery. People used to consider it as the symbol of their victory over Germany during the Second World War. A powerful riot was an obvious outcome of such relocation and it took shape with the web media.