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Re: Keep the Internet free and open

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Post by wmf »

spoiledtechie wrote: post #2

Why is this the first I am hearing about this? On such a niche site like HN too? This should be all over the interwebs...

It's been on HN: http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=itu... Threads from yesterday/today: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4859882 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4861122

Here's Vint Cerf in the NYT 6 months ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/opinion/keep-the-internet-... (2 points, 0 comments)

There's also been mainstream media coverage over the last week.

Re: Keep the Internet free and open

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Post by danso »

I'm not disagreeing with the sentiment of this petition, but it strikes me as mostly preaching to the choir given the driving issues here. Governments want the right to cut off Internet in a crisis...and the countries who think that's a good idea do so no matter what established democracies think. It's like signing a petition for peace...the right thing to do, maybe, but it's not really a debate.

Re: Keep the Internet free and open

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Post by casca »

While I generally support what is being proposed here, Google as a company has a strong interested in "keep[ing] the Internet free and open" for them to sell their products. That doesn't make it wrong, it just means that if this was raised by organisations that don't have a clear commercial interest then it might improve the visibility.

Re: Keep the Internet free and open

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Post by alexro »

danso wrote: post #4

I'm not disagreeing with the sentiment of this petition, but it strikes me as mostly preaching to the choir given the driving issues here. Governments want the right to cut off Internet in a crisis...and the countries who think that's a good idea do so no matter what established democracies think. It's like signing a petition for peace...the right thing to do, maybe, but it's not really a debate.

After thousands of wars peace is understood by everybody, not so about the free and open Internet, which to most is something that just works like electricity, or black magic.

Making more people understand is definitely worth one tweet.

Re: Keep the Internet free and open

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Post by alexro »

casca wrote: post #5

While I generally support what is being proposed here, Google as a company has a strong interested in "keep[ing] the Internet free and open" for them to sell their products. That doesn't make it wrong, it just means that if this was raised by organisations that don't have a clear commercial interest then it might improve the visibility.

You can improve the visibility by explaining to your friends in non-google circles the importance of this petition to them. That's how this petition is supposed to work, IMO
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