[astrodust]

I think it's safe to say you're exaggerating, and while there will be local pockets of utter confusion (North Korea, some US ISPs) on the whole it will be fine.

That's not to say we don't need to fight for rights, to keep this sort of thing from happening, but that I have confidence that we can and will fight these things successfully.

Australia, as one example, has tried on many occasions to put up very restrictive firewalls and has mostly failed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Austral...

Stay vigilant, stay informed, and you can control the future.

[antihero]

If in 2010 I told you the next presidential candidate for the USA was retweeting 4chan memes, you'd have probably said I was exaggerating. All I'm saying is things are changing quicker than we can imagine.

[astrodust]

4chan's track record of getting people elected is pretty terrible. See also: Ron Paul.

[antihero]

Probably for the best, really. Ron Paul was more of a Reddit thing, anyway.

[mariusz79]

I don't think I'm exaggerating. When you read this article, and read what corporations are doing, and politicians are advocating, it's easy to see where this is going. In addition to that you have ICANN stewardship transfer, which might make it easier for other countries to influence how the Internet works. We also have growing number of hacks/leaks that will be used to push the "need for firewalls" and "warnings" from experts that "someone" if probing our defences. It all does not make me hopeful that we can keep the internet free.

[astrodust]

Key word here is "advocating".

It's our job as citizens to oppose these things. Raise a fuss. Write letters. Get upset. Donate to causes that oppose this.

The enemy here is not these corporations but complacency.