Internet Freedom or Net Neutrality Free For All on the World Wide Web or Government Controlled Wasteland
With the recent announcement by Campaign for Liberty of a ‘manifesto’ for internet freedom, which is supported by Ron and Rand Paul, the internet is now chock-full of internet freedom manifestos. There are quite a few sites dedicated to some form of ‘Internet Freedom’. Some are pretty basic, and others look like full-fledged organizations with a clear focus and some thought behind them. Either way, keeping the internet free from government intrusion seems to be the main focus, with a secondary focus on restricting the reach of ISP'…
Internet Censorship and the War On Wikileaks
There are politicians on both sides of the aisle who seem content to dabble in the notion that the internet is the 'exception to the rule' and if therefore ripe for exploitation. Exploitation in the form of ubiquitous, or infringing legislation in the guise of protecting the American people from bad things that they have no control over. In recent years we have seen several pieces of proposed censorship..err, I mean legislation that in one way of the other gave the United States, or some arm thereof, the power to dictate how bus…
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