How has the internet become an important tool for people to protest and enact change, especially those who do not have freedoms of speech or freedom of assembly under their government

Technology bridges the gap between areas of the world. At the touch of a button you can be talking to someone all the way on the other side of the globe. For those who do not have freedoms of speech or freedom of assembly, they can see how things are done in other parts of the world and realize the unjust conditions they are living in. They may also be able to secretly communicate and lobby with each other in order to begin change in their governments.

c) many feel that their votes do not count eliminate