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Jeremy Wright, "Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the UK" penned an op-ed in CNN about this. [0] The closing line is particularly infu

Jeremy Wright, "Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the UK" penned an op-ed in CNN about this. [0] The closing line is particularly infuriating to me: "That is an objective on which the British Government, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Mark Zuckerberg would all agree." No, I don't think TBL would agree on this. The cited organization started by him explicitly calls for the opposite [1]: - Ensure everyone can connect to the internet so that anyone, no matter who they are or where they live, can participate actively online. - Keep all of the internet available, all of the time so that no one is denied their right to full internet access. - Respect people’s fundamental right to privacy so everyone can use the internet freely, safely and without fear. [0] https://us.cnn.com/2019/04/07/opinions/uk-government-online-regulation-wright/index.html https://us.cnn.com/2019/04/07/opinions/uk-government-online-... [1] https://fortheweb.webfoundation.org/principles/ https://fortheweb.webfoundation.org/principles/

jquery 8y ago
>without fear. Do they mean fear on the consumer end or the content creator end? There is a natural tension there which must be resolved. A fearless internet for content creators means lots of ungood content out there (sometimes doubleplus ungood!). A fearless internet for passive consumers means they won’t run across this ungood content, unless they go through great efforts to seek it out.
- gnode 8y ago
  > A fearless internet for passive consumers means they won’t run across this ungood content That's one way to generally interpret "fear" but not in its context of a right to privacy. "Without fear" in this context must mean fear of what happens when you don't have privacy, that is chiefly: embarrassment and persecution.
  - jquery 8y ago
    Thanks for the clarification, that makes a huge difference in meaning. Appreciated.

jquery 8y ago

>without fear. Do they mean fear on the consumer end or the content creator end? There is a natural tension there which must be resolved. A fearless internet for content creators means lots of ungood content out there (sometimes doubleplus ungood!). A fearless internet for passive consumers means they won’t run across this ungood content, unless they go through great efforts to seek it out.

gnode 8y ago
> A fearless internet for passive consumers means they won’t run across this ungood content That's one way to generally interpret "fear" but not in its context of a right to privacy. "Without fear" in this context must mean fear of what happens when you don't have privacy, that is chiefly: embarrassment and persecution.
- jquery 8y ago
  Thanks for the clarification, that makes a huge difference in meaning. Appreciated.