Monday 10 October 2011

Use and abuse of the Internet

Internet is easy prey for governments

Some of us might like to believe that the genie is out of the bottle and that we all have access to an unstoppable decentralized network. In reality, the internet is entirely controlled by large corporations and central authorities.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/05/rushkoff.egypt.internet/


Secret Orders Target Email

The U.S. government has obtained a controversial type of secret court order to forceGoogle Inc. and small Internet provider Sonic.net Inc. to turn over information from the email accounts of WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203476804576613284007315072.html

Egypt’s Internet shutdown

We are following the current events in Egypt with concern as it appears that all incoming and outgoing Internet traffic has been disrupted. The Internet Society believes that the Internet is a global medium that fundamentally supports opportunity, empowerment, knowledge, growth, and freedom and that these values should never be taken away from individuals.

http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3091

Anonymity and the Dark Side of the Internet


'I wrote a book titled “There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech and It’s a Good Thing, Too.” This book could be titled “There is Such a Thing as the Free Unregulated Internet and It’s a Bad Thing, Too.”'
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/anonymity-and-the-dark-side-of-the-internet/

The next Digital Decade
The book's 31 essays address questions such as: Has the Internet been good for our culture? Is the Internet at risk from the drive to build more secure, but less “open” systems and devices? Is the Internet really so “exceptional?” Has it fundamentally changed economics? Who—and what ideas—will govern the Net in 2020? Should online intermediaries like access providers, hosting providers, search engines and social networks do more to “police” their networks, increase transparency, or operate “neutrally?” What future is there for privacy online? Can online free speech be regulated? Can it really unseat tyrants? The book is now available as a free downloadable PDF and for purchase in hardcover.

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