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After the middle east, a lot of "democracies" are considering shutting down citizen's voices. India recently did so. Democracy's representatives find it inconve
by goombastic 16y ago
After the middle east, a lot of "democracies" are considering shutting down citizen's voices. India recently did so. Democracy's representatives find it inconvenient that citizens have a voice after elections.
- wakeup 16y agoSecond that. Democracy my ass!
- pyre 16y agoDisconnecting the county's Internet from the wider Internet is not the same as 'turning off the Internet.' Citizens can still communicate with each other to organize, which is what you seem to imply that the New Zealand government is attempting to prevent.
- avdempsey 16y agoThe law would create a three strikes system for copyright infringement. Triple violators would be disconnected from the Internet without due process. It's not a national disconnect system, but could lay the technical grounds for one if implemented.