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Corporations Want More Control of the Internet

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posted on Feb, 2 2006 @ 11:40 AM
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The Nation
The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online.

Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency. According to white papers now being circulated in the cable, telephone and telecommunications industries, those with the deepest pockets--corporations, special-interest groups and major advertisers--would get preferred treatment. Content from these providers would have first priority on our computer and television screens, while information seen as undesirable, such as peer-to-peer communications, could be relegated to a slow lane or simply shut out.

This doesn't look good at all, for you Americans ... and if it goes through in America, I'm sure companies in other Western countries will not hesitate to follow suit.
In order to preserve and secure the freedom of speech that the Internet has given people around the world, this evil needs to be stopped at it's roots, imo.



 
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