Internet Keeps Government Honest: Google Chief -- Breitbart/AFPBroader adoption of the Internet will keep governments on their toes as wired-up citizens exercise their newfound power to check rights abuses, Google chief Eric Schmidt said on Saturday.
"In nations and communities around the world, citizens are turning to online tools to keep their governments honest," he told business leaders on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Honolulu.
"Whistleblowing has never been so easy," he said.
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My Comment: I have to say no .... the internet has not kept government honest. What the internet has done though is that it has made government more open .... so that outsiders (you and I) .... are better educated and knowledgeable on what government is doing.
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