Before, students had to make one of two choices: to practice constant vigilance and maintenance of their public profiles online or risk exposing their sharing, web-surfing habits and communication with friends to their professors, employers and parents.

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In practice, however, it actually promotes power-grabs by leaving the government in a near-constant state of gridlock.

ECONOMIST: The Philippines