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This is overstated in my opinion. The internet will remain relatively free in true democratic states unless there's a population of people out there who are jus
by quocanh 5y ago
This is overstated in my opinion. The internet will remain relatively free in true democratic states unless there's a population of people out there who are just begging for their government to lie to them and manipulate them.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoI definitely agree that within democratic states, people will generally see and enjoy a relatively open and democratic Internet, reflective of their nation's laws and values. However, I suspect you'll find much more inspection going in and out of national borders. You'll see stricter laws about hosting data in the country you're operating in, and more servers will blanket ban access from outside of their intended service area. Consider that if my site serves a local area only, I eliminate a very large portion of potential attackers by simply dropping all traffic not originating from an IP in my country of origin. So if I don't believe there's value to leaving that open... it's honestly silly to do so.
- quocanh 5y agoSure and that's one thing. But to say that Russia and China are "ahead of the curve" is sort of implying that the future of my internet is only government-approved information and that's simply not true. You need to accept that authoritarian states are unique in the type of censorship that they do. It is not inevitable for everybody nor does this type of censorship make any sense for anybody but the ruling party.
- lazide 5y agoThere are a lot of people like that now, everywhere including the US?