Transparency seems to be a phenomenon
directly linked to the Internet.
Hiding from people is becoming more an more complicated,
even for totally anonymous persons.
Google your own name if you don't think it's true,
and you'll soon find it scary !
So you can imagine how twisted it can get for celebrities, especially for politicians who are supposed to represent their party and electors. The Internet is dissuading political figures to lie to the people because the new technologies make it harder for them to withhold information, which is a good thing.
But today, every single word that comes out of a politician's mouth is recorded and posted online, even when it is useless. This transparency allows us to see who our leaders trully are. But is this really necessary ? I don't tolerate the blooper of the home minister Brice Hortefeux insinuating that Arabs can cause troubles in France, I think it is racist and simply tactless. But the problem with transparency, is that it totally erased the line between the official speech and what is supposed to be off the record. Ministers and presidents are being judged for the men and women they are in real life, and Nicolas Sarkozy understood that very fastly and learned how to play with the media by exposing his private life to the public. But the danger with transparency is that it makes people focusing on trivial things.
We are lucky to live in a society that doesn't keep the information hidden. Thanks to the Internet, people from suppressive countries can communicate with the rest of the world : we saw it recently on Twitter with the Iranien dissenting movement. But westerns countries have to be careful not to abuse this gift and turn it into a disinformation tool.
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