Challenges on Democracy and Security on the Internet

Technology has been always a catalyst for revolutions. ICT makes the same thing, empowering both the control and the anarchy of society in the framework of the so-called "global information (or knowledge) society". A new global public space has emerged, breaking all borders in space and time, with all its social consequences. In the era of globalization, marginal communities need to re-engineer themselves to met requirements of a global knowledgebased network economy and change the risks of globalization into opportunities. Lack of development increases the “digital risks” and “digital divide” between developing and developed communities. "Cyberspace" is more than computers and software first of all it is a complex of institutional and human networks. Impact of ICT revolution will depend on the relations between governments and citizens, with unpredicted reactions in developing countries that need to find its "own" way through the gaps between different rationales.