THE INTERNET, ONE OF THE GREATEST OUTPOSTS OF FREE SPEECH EVER CREATED IS UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK BY POWERFUL PEOPLE WHO CANNOT OPERATE WITHIN A SOCIETY WHERE INFORMATION FLOWS FREELY AND UNHINDERED.
Censoring the Internet:
Major International Transport Hub Censors Political Websites
„.... The original Internet will then be turned into a mass surveillance database and marketing tool. The Nation magazine reported in 2006 that, ‚Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency. According to white papers now being circulated in the cable, telephone and telecommunications industries, those with the deepest pockets–corporations, special-interest groups and major advertisers–would get preferred treatment. Content from these providers would have first priority on our computer and television screens, while information seen as undesirable, such as peer-to-peer communications, could be relegated to a slow lane or simply shut out.‘
Over the past few years, a chorus of propaganda intended to demonize the Internet and further lead it down a path of strict control has spewed forth from numerous establishment organs...
...The European Union, led by former Stalinist and potential future British Prime Minister John Reid, has also vowed to shut down "terrorists" who use the Internet to spread propaganda.
The EU data retention bill, passed last year after much controversy and with implementation tabled for late 2007, obliges telephone operators and internet service providers to store information on who called who and who emailed who for at least six months. Under this law, investigators in any EU country, and most bizarrely even in the US, can access EU citizens’ data on phone calls, SMS messages, emails and instant messaging services.
The EU also recently proposed legislation that would prevent users from uploading any form of video without a license.
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