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Re: Google's campaign for a free and open internet

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post #11

It should have a * at the end of the statement that reads: * As long as Google can track you.

This is what it is written: A free and open world depends on a free and open web. This is what I read: Google's business depends on a free and open web.

They might both be true at once. The truth of one doesn't invalidate the truth of the other.

Re: Google's campaign for a free and open internet

#42

Google is a weapon used by the US government to establish the domination and seize control over citizens access to information. Would Google really care about the open Internet, it'd license itself with GNU Public license long time ago. This call is hypocrisy. It is like a bank which collected all the gold is calling to the mob to rob some other bank where some other gold is. Once the other bank is robbed and cease t…

While I wouldn't put it that way... I think it's true that Google is not a disinterested beacon of freedom. They align with it for their own purposes.

Re: Google's campaign for a free and open internet

#43
post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You just gave a little more power to Google.

Possibly, but this is a matter of who you trust more. Dare I say many people don't quite trust governments on doing the "right thing" for the Internet.

Unfortunately. However, to trust a company is very risky, for obvious reasons.

Re: Google's campaign for a free and open internet

#46

Google is a weapon used by the US government to establish the domination and seize control over citizens access to information. Would Google really care about the open Internet, it'd license itself with GNU Public license long time ago. This call is hypocrisy. It is like a bank which collected all the gold is calling to the mob to rob some other bank where some other gold is. Once the other bank is robbed and cease t…

While I wouldn't put it that way... I think it's true that Google is not a disinterested beacon of freedom. They align with it for their own purposes.

Its best to always remember this, Google was not on the side of "internet freedom" when they recommended to the FCC that wireless networks didn't need net neutrality.

Re: Google's campaign for a free and open internet

#47

This is just Google running FUD campaign to protect its own business. Strong enforcement of intelectual property laws means problems to any company that indexes or hosts user generated content, but I fail to see how it could endanger free speech.

If governments can censor for a "good" purpose, they can also censor for a "bad" one. For example, the laws and technology that allow you to interrupt access to a piracy website could be used to censor any controversial content (note that many positive advances in society, such as women's voting rights, were controversial when first discussed).

So, strong enforcement of intellectual property laws means problems to... free speech and society's progress, if that involves filtering or censoring content on the internet.

Re: Google's campaign for a free and open internet

#48
post #11

It should have a * at the end of the statement that reads: * As long as Google can track you.

This is what it is written: A free and open world depends on a free and open web. This is what I read: Google's business depends on a free and open web.

I think we should be grateful it's on the interest of a big company like this to have a free and open internet. There won't be any real move if it's not the case or if there's no real pressure by the mass. For this second solution, it will need a lot of time and effort to educate enough people about his issue.

Re: Google's campaign for a free and open internet

#49
post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You just gave a little more power to Google.

Possibly, but this is a matter of who you trust more. Dare I say many people don't quite trust governments on doing the "right thing" for the Internet.

Can you vote in or out Google's directors?
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