Who are the enemies of the Internet?
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Who are the enemies of the Internet?
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Re: Who are the enemies of the Internet?
#2Those who censor are not the only enemies of the internet. When being monitored by an unaccountable organization capable of all manner of violence, a threat is implied and speech is hindered.
Furthermore, why remove speech when you can just make sure no one ever finds it? Increasingly, most people only access content on the internet via a handful of giant corporations (google, facebook, etc). It is their algorithms that determine what speech we come across. These could easily be leveraged to shape public discourse.
Re: Who are the enemies of the Internet?
#3Depending on the day, everyone in the HTML5 and HTTP working groups. :)
Re: Who are the enemies of the Internet?
#4Those who censor are not the only enemies of the internet. When being monitored by an unaccountable organization capable of all manner of violence, a threat is implied and speech is hindered. Furthermore, why remove speech when you can just make sure no one ever finds it? Increasingly, most people only access content on the internet via a handful of giant corporations (google, facebook, etc). It is their algorithms t…
I can only subscribe to a definition of "enemy of the Internet" if it includes the Huffington Post and Zedo.
Re: Who are the enemies of the Internet?
#5The grammar does not inspire confidence. And the near-immediate mention of employees being restricted to work activities by employers, before moving on to actual censorship of civil society, doesn't help with taking the page seriously.
If we were going to really list enemies of internet freedom, the list must include practically all governments - almost all practice some surveillance and most suppress at least a few categories of communications (nods to DoctorZeus on this page).
Corporate power is another major enemy. In any country where the law doesn't protect internet neutrality, pretty soon citizens will be limited to a shrinking set of sites unless they pay extra to remove artificial blockages.
Re: Who are the enemies of the Internet?
#6The telecoms
Re: Who are the enemies of the Internet?
#7Those who censor are not the only enemies of the internet. When being monitored by an unaccountable organization capable of all manner of violence, a threat is implied and speech is hindered. Furthermore, why remove speech when you can just make sure no one ever finds it? Increasingly, most people only access content on the internet via a handful of giant corporations (google, facebook, etc). It is their algorithms t…
I can only subscribe to a definition of "enemy of the Internet" if it includes the Huffington Post and Zedo.
Too bad nobody cares what you think.
Re: Who are the enemies of the Internet?
#8Re: Who are the enemies of the Internet?
#9Those who censor are not the only enemies of the internet. When being monitored by an unaccountable organization capable of all manner of violence, a threat is implied and speech is hindered. Furthermore, why remove speech when you can just make sure no one ever finds it? Increasingly, most people only access content on the internet via a handful of giant corporations (google, facebook, etc). It is their algorithms t…
I can only subscribe to a definition of "enemy of the Internet" if it includes the Huffington Post and Zedo.
Throw in Upworthy and Buzzfeed and I'm with you.
Re: Who are the enemies of the Internet?
#10The telecoms
So... the Internet is the enemy of the Internet. Got it.