Professor in linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), philosopher, cognitive scientist and political activist Noam Chomsky speaks to Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman about the power and advantages - as well as the the drawbacks - of the internet.

Watch Jeremy Paxman's interview with Noam Chomsky in full on Tuesday 8 March 2011 at 2230 on BBC Two and then afterwards on the Newsnight website and BBC iPlayer.