Modesty does not prevent us from reporting that the candidacy of 'The internet' was championed by the Italian edition of Wired for advancing “dialogue, debate and consensus".
“The internet can be considered the first weapon of mass construction, which we can deploy to destroy hate and conflict and to propagate peace and democracy," Riccardo Luna, editor-in-chief of the Italian edition of Wired magazine, said when it backed the effort last November. “What happened in Iran after the latest election, and the role the web played in spreading information that would otherwise have been censored, are only the newest examples of how the internet can become a weapon of global hope."
Nobel institution director Geir Lundestad told the BCC that “thousands of nominations" had been received. The institute itself does not reveal who is on the short list, though nominating parties often do.Others believed to be in the running are Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina and Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo, the BBC said.
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