Elliot describes data bases as an “organised collection of information”. I guess I always thought that it was exclusive to the internet but in that sense a library is a database. The debate that databases can be random was interesting as Betty said that a database in systematized way of retrieving information but there seems to be more a grey area according to Jason. Even our blogs are databases as everything online is a database. The fact that the access to data can be limited by local law is especially true for countries such as China. The recent Hong Kong protests have promoted the Chinese government blacklist words on the internet such as “cultural revolution”, “overthrow” and “oppression”.