In the United States, you have the removal of net neutrality, which poses a threat to browsing speeds and extortion from ISPs.
In Canada you have censorship and anti-Islamophobia laws.
In the United Kingdom you have the Tory party promising to create a Great British Firewall, should they be re-elected.
In the EU, you have a bill that is probably going to pass that will censor what you can post on social media and require a broadcasting licence for things like YouTube and VidMe.
I'm also fairly sure there are similiar talks about censorship in Australia and other Western countries.
So, why is the West suddenly trying to destroy their portion of the Internet?
Sources:
>USA: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39973787
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Canada#Internet
>http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/theresa-may-internet-conservatives-government-a7744176.html
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3oH5AfpCiY
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australia
Literally couldn't care since none of it'll affect me here in Sweden
>inb4 babby resorting to /pol/ maymays
>>60485241
>In Canada you have censorship and anti-Islamophobia laws.
for the last time, it's a MOTION you dumbshit /pol/tards. now a law.
>>60485241
(((they))) want to control information. it was inevitable
>>60485528
not a law***
rekt myself pretty good there
>>60485500
Not /pol/, but pretty sad you use that as a boogeyman.
>>60485528
>>60485546
I didn't know that, all I knew it there was an attempt at legislation.
Besides, a motion like that isn't a positive.
Also, try not resulting to the /pol/ boogeyman bullshit, it is a weak strawman, be a little more original.
>>60485543
I agree, they, the globalists do want control.
The more they control, the more they can profit.
Like I said in a previous thread, China has proven that you can be an economic powerhouse without freedom.
>>60485607
And like I said before, we're going to turn the cyberpunk meme into a reality.
>>60485241
Because in the Eurosphere, leftists want to control speech and still call it free speech. Here in America it is the unraveling of regulation, which will not do anything since the laws were never in effect in the first place. But somehow someone on one of the sides will try to clamp down. Erasing NN regulations (which should have been LAW instead of regulation in the first place without a common carrier distinction) will not change anything about the net.
>>60485593
>I agree, they, the globalists do want control.
>The more they control, the more they can profit.
>tfw bad reviews will be categorized as hate speech and be punishable under the law
Can I bring loli doujinshi into BC Can yet?
The solution is to move to third world countries, lads. This is it, save as much as you can and go live in the least shitty place you can of one of those countries.
>>60485657
Summary execution for pressing dislike on a post about the newest globalist funded Hollyoak film.
>>60485661
But which one(s)?
>>60485816
>*Hollyoak=Hollywood
Too many people learning shit they shouldn't learn on the Internet.
>>60485241
Literally (((SHUTTING IT DOWN)))
>>60486084
Information should be freely acceptable, that is one of tenets of the Internet.
>>60486118
Quite literally.
>>60486396
Some in power want to make sure that you get the "right" information because the "wrong" information can be destructive.
>>60486820
I think they're a little too late, I think enough people already know enough of the "wrong information".
You should be investing in Africa. The next billion users of your app or service will be the rising middle class in Africa.
>>60486906
This is very true, we need to extract our money from somewhere to pay for the extortionate fast lane internet access, proxies and homemade secure routers.
>>60485241
It's still not China, either Korea, or some commie shithole
these "jews"(world leaders) want to make internet like tv
>>60485528
It passed like s month ago
It's not a motion forever fag
>>60487608
Don't they understand that the technically aware will simply create their own network and eventually 'an Internet' of sorts.
>>60487651
They'll be obviously illegal.
>>60487651
And take it over like they did with previous iteration. Or outlaw it and/or abduct the creators/important people
>>60487675
>>60487686
And? That will not stop people, if anything, it will only serve to motivate them for "protecting freedoms".
>>60485500
>sweden
Stay safe from Alohas, anon.
>>60485500
Can't extort much when you're already paying massive taxes.
>>60485241
>you have the removal of net neutrality
so called "net neutrality issue is just a ploy to deliver more shitty video/JS "content" virtually for free. because removal of it, is a threat to business model GOOG/FB/Netflix/amazon and others who will happily jew you out from your last cent.
btw it has happened already with introduction of DNSBLs/RBLs that make make basically impossible to run your own "honest" SMTP server without paying out of your ass for "corporate" features to GOOG/MSFT or selling your soul to yandex or QQ
ergo: you're a fucking grasroot shill without even realizing it
>>60485528
So you think that's the last you'll be seeing of that sort of thing? They got it out of their system and it's not like more of them are coming or being born?
Do you feel sovereign?
"In the United States, you have the removal of net neutrality, which poses a threat to browsing speeds and extortion from ISPs."
False, The internet was just fine before regulation.
Just like the government was fine before income tax.
Because western societies are transforming into full blown oligarchy for several. You don't want an open internet, economy etc. if you are the oligarch, what you want is privileges for your cronies and force feeding shit to the masses
>>60490249
>for several
for several years
>>60485241
We still have caps and shit right now. The bill didn't do that. This was just a path for the censorship program Hillary announced.
>>60485241
>In the EU, you have a bill that is probably going to pass that will censor what you can post on social media and require a broadcasting licence for things like YouTube and VidMe.
And what's wrong with that? Why should I give a shit about regulations on what people post on social media? They are cancer anyways.
And yes, things like Youtube should require a license. Just like Uber should get a fucking transportation license, because they're not "just an app".
So, nope, I don't see any problem in the EU with the internet.
The UK is on its way out.
>>60485620
More like, in the US of A, people are considered slaves who have no rights. Companies look at citizens as if they are potential slaves, not consumers with rights.
You're just a potential source of income for them. You deserve no respect. That's what an American "consumer" is.
>>60490609
That's correct. Non-citizens enjoy more rights than citizens by design. Now keep advocating for more of them so we can suppress your wages. You too Europe, those refugees need our "help."
>>60490171
Early internet and today's internet are completely different and ISPs are more aware and motivated to profit from it.
>>60485543
I wouldnt call it information when most of it is schizophrenic nonsense spewed by absolute degenerate retards that are better off smoking meth until they die then to spread their toxicity all over the internet.
>>60491048
>it's another "smug liberal" episode
>>60491048
>degenerates
>doesn't like porn
>posts on /pol/
>calls people degenerates
>is fat fedora wearing nazi living in mommy's basement
Government can't stand a place what they can't control. Corporations can't stand something they can't use for maximum profit.
>isp starts throttling peoples' internet
>loses all customers
wowo so hard
>>60491947
and to whom would they go? There is no competition.