Trey Smith
It's all about control. Of course, nobody uses that particular term. The talk is always about "governance" or "regulation", but really it's about control. Ever since the internet burst into public consciousness in 1993, the big question has been whether the most disruptive communications technology since print would be captured by the established power structures – nation states and giant corporations – that dominate our world and shape its development. And since then, virtually every newsworthy event in the evolution of the network has really just been another skirmish in the ongoing war to control the internet.
~ from Will the Internet End Up Controlled by Big Business and Politicians? by John Naughton ~
What a silly question. Of course, the internet eventually will be controlled by big business and politicians. They want to control EVERYTHING!!
Neither of these two interconnected groups truly likes the democratization of the world wide web. They don't want us to have the ability to read and learn about ideas and concepts that they don't approve of. A well educated populace is a dangerous populace. They are not as easy to manipulate.
I don't think the web will be shut down altogether in my lifetime, but I'm sure it will arrive a lot sooner than most of us think.
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