The Urge for Control, or the last frontier of freedom
The Urge for Control, or the last frontier of freedom:
by Only Me
“The upper house of the Russian parliament is working on a bill that would regulate Internet content. The Communication Ministry and major Russian dotcoms are cooperating with the parliament in writing the bill, RIA Novosti reported.”
From: http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/06/03/internet.shtml
“Radical Islamists are using the Internet to recruit homegrown terrorists in the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a Senate panel yesterday.”
From: http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070314-110450-2830r.htm
“Internet censorship is spreading rapidly, being practiced by about two dozen countries and applied to a far wider range of online information and applications”
From: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1dbb5faa-d268-11db-a7c0-000b5df10621.html
The last few days has produced a flood of news stories about government actions to police the Internet, and limit this last source of free exchange. Naturally this has been going on for several years, but as time progresses they are getting braver and bolder in their control.
The above quotes and links are just a very brief sampling of what is now going on world-wide. Its as if government bodies can’t stand the possibility of people being free of their tax, regulation, or control. I think they are all paranoid.
With the revelation about Google cooperating with China by blocking certain sites, we have learned that other ISP’s have also aided and abetted governments around the world achieve their aims. In fact if you bother to read the privacy rights to just about any site they tell you that they respect your privacy (not necessarily true) except if big brother wants you history, activity log, name, rank, and serial number.
Not much that can be done, and I don’t think it will get better or slow down. There are too many uptight people who are all too egger to give government agencies reason to keep at it. This of course leads to self censorship out of fear. If this interests or concerns here are a few links you might pursue:
http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/05/07/con05238.html
http://www.savetheinternet.com/=threat
http://www.maineinternetfreedom.com/
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/17/2143249&from=rss
But, this only me, the worlds greatest individualist – I mean traffic lights pxxx me off. Have you ever though of the control wielded by those monstrosities. Next time your setting at an intersection with absolutely no traffic in sight, go for it.
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