I can’t stress this point enough. Censoring the internet is about the lamest thing I can think of. The internet is a blank canvas of servers and networks. It is a grid, free from self-conciousness, but overflowing with potential. It can store any number of informational bits and bites, we, the people, can think to upload to it.
The internet age is its own censor. I know that, no matter what; if I am an active or inactive user of the internet, my information will find its way on to it. From something I bought at Target or a new credit card I opened up, to the last job I had, or video of me caught by a security tape, I will end up on the internet. When I put something out on the internet I am very aware of what I am doing. I am opening up that part of me to the entire world. Or more specifically, the entire world that has an internet connection. This is a lot of people.
This guy does not know he is on the internet!
I know that the phone companies will try to freeze the internet so they can reap more profits, and maybe they will succeed. I would hate to have to pay a premium just to use everyday sites like google or yahoo!. This is a form of censorship in my opinion, because it will rate the sites and put a dollar sign on their usability. It may actually destroy some big named sites of today, because free, unregulated, toll-less sites will spring up in their place. I don’t know if that is a good thing or bad thing.
I hope the government does not choose to ever censor the internet like China does. It would make me sad. Stay hungry.
-ghost
Tags: att, censor, connection, free internet, internet age, internet censor, profits, toll-less
