Senate passes removal of internet privacy protections

What did you think of this?

ICANN


... Obama’s move to hand-over control of Internet domains would give interests in China, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea an ability to have authoritarian control over online speech. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are said to be at risk. The Chinese government banned online news reporting and bloggers who criticize the government can be charged with a crime; even posts on social media are limited. It was reported that Russia and China are said to be working together towards the goal of more censorship of the Internet. Turkey has an outright ban on social media and it is a crime to insult the president. Public flogging and jail sentences are used in Saudi Arabia to punish those who offend the government. The article also reports that Turkey is often seen as the world leader in blocking Twitter accounts and Saudi Arabia has about 400,000 websites blocked. North Korea’s “Internet” is essentially only for government propaganda and surveillance.

quote:

---

What did you think of this?

ICANN


... Obama’s move to hand-over control of Internet domains would give interests in China, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea an ability to have authoritarian control over online speech. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are said to be at risk. The Chinese government banned online news reporting and bloggers who criticize the government can be charged with a crime; even posts on social media are limited. It was reported that Russia and China are said to be working together towards the goal of more censorship of the Internet. Turkey has an outright ban on social media and it is a crime to insult the president. Public flogging and jail sentences are used in Saudi Arabia to punish those who offend the government. The article also reports that Turkey is often seen as the world leader in blocking Twitter accounts and Saudi Arabia has about 400,000 websites blocked. North Korea’s “Internet” is essentially only for government propaganda and surveillance.

---

I think Breitbart should fire his technology adviser, as that's not what ICANN does nor what the proposal would have allowed.

Myths and Facts

Vote for Republicans and this is what you get

I didn't think this bill had anything to do with government influence over the internet, but allowed ISP's to sell your browsing histories to advertisers. Which I think is a fricked up invasion of privacy, and only serves to allow ISP's to make more money, at the cost of citizen's privacy.

Looks like I may have to switch to a tor browser just to spite these greedy bastards.

quote:

---

You are correct. Though I expect Republicans to also frick up net neutrality

---

That's already a guarantee. Look at the FCC chairman appointment. Bannon wants that gone.

tor browser?

quote:

---

tor browser?

---

Basically, it bounces your connection off of a ton of vpns. It was created by our government for private communications. But I'm not sure if it's enough to prevent browser history from being detected.

The alt right melt over the ICANN thing was bizarre. It was so fervent I didn't really comment/argue it with people because I figured I must've been confused as to what ICANN does.

But nope, it's the IP/DNS assigners.

It's like arguing about what font to use on road signs or something.