An article by Jullian Assange for NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/o...on-living-in-a-surveillance-society.html?_r=0
Other than decrying the surveillance state of the Internet, it seems he doesn't offer any solution or alternative.
Nor does he elaborate on his starting question "Who owns the Internet?"
However I found the article made me ponder on a few questions of my own, ones that I've been mulling over for years.
The internet is both a service and medium .
As a service provided by ISPs run over internationally laid down infrastructure, customers are required to pay for the infrastructure provided.
The internet though is also a medium of communication joining and interlinking people from different cultures and countries.
Seeing it in these perspectives is it right for the government or any authority figure to "control" the flow of the internet? Should it restrict usage /monitor user activities?
Is accountability an infringement of any freedom?
Just some thoughts, and hopefully some of you would share yours!
Though, I know, I am very notorious for making unpopular threads
Enjoy!
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/o...on-living-in-a-surveillance-society.html?_r=0
Other than decrying the surveillance state of the Internet, it seems he doesn't offer any solution or alternative.
Nor does he elaborate on his starting question "Who owns the Internet?"
However I found the article made me ponder on a few questions of my own, ones that I've been mulling over for years.
The internet is both a service and medium .
As a service provided by ISPs run over internationally laid down infrastructure, customers are required to pay for the infrastructure provided.
The internet though is also a medium of communication joining and interlinking people from different cultures and countries.
Seeing it in these perspectives is it right for the government or any authority figure to "control" the flow of the internet? Should it restrict usage /monitor user activities?
Is accountability an infringement of any freedom?
Just some thoughts, and hopefully some of you would share yours!
Though, I know, I am very notorious for making unpopular threads
Enjoy!
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