Fault Lines : Controlling the web

[cheryl]

The US government says it must be able to fight against piracy and cyber attacks. And that means imposing more restrictions online. But proposed legislation could seriously curb freedom of speech and privacy, threatening the internet as we know it.

Can and should the internet be controlled? Who gets that power? How far will the US government go to gain power over the web? And will this mean the end of a free and global internet?

Fault Lines looks at the fight for control of the web, life in the digital age and the threat to cyber freedom, asking if US authorities are increasingly trying to regulate user freedoms in the name of national and economic security.

[video=youtube;6FD9urcUWXw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FD9urcUWXw[/video]

 

[bbsam]

Seems corporation already aim to control web content, why should the US government be any different?

 

[wkmac]

Good piece Cheryl. The harder corporations and their bought off nationstate lackey's try and subvert what few free spaces we have left, the more resourceful and innovative the hackers and privateers get.

From reverse engineering to privateer rockets to an open source, wireless, free internet also free of nationstate borders and controls.