With each passing year, it seems as though there is an effort by Big Business and governments across the world to control what we can find on the internet. I don't know about you, but i don't want any government telling me that I can't read about what is going on around the world.
Last year, it was the
Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and it was concocted by the
MPAA and
RIAA with some help from their friends in Washington. If you don't know anything about SOPA, then you clearly haven't been paying attention.
In December, world governments will have a closed door meeting about censoring internet content. Join me, in letting your voice be heard. Join me in telling them that the internet belongs to the people, not to the government, Big Business, nor special interest groups. Join me in fighting to keep the internet #freeandopen.
Visit
www.google.com/takeaction/ to learn more.
Update:
Apparently this issue is a bit more complicated than initially thought. The
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has published a notice claiming that
Google is incorrect over their claim of governments seeking control and censorship of the internet. On the other hand, the one that would gain control of the state of the internet would be none other than the ITU itself, and "
that would be a disaster", according to Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman.
This article over at
Talking Points Memo does a good job of breaking down both arguments while remaining unbiased. I'd recommend reading it before forming an opinion either way.
