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The recent front page posting "The Doomsday Clock Is Moved Closer To Midnight" got me wondering, Do we need a Doomsday Clock for the Internet?
With the US seriously considering the draconian intellectual property protection measures such as SOPA and PIPA, as well as the US pressuring Spain to pass similar legislation, threats to online freedom are serious and impending.
China has its 'Great Firewall'
and Egypt (among others) has disabled cell phone service during turbulent times. Let's not forget that ACTA was negotiated in secret.
Things have gotten so bad that the German hacker space shackspace is considering launching its own satellites to combat such censorship. Even Australia has been in the news with internet blacklisting
The internet was mostly ignored in its early days by big corporations and some governments; it now seems under a microscope. So, do we need a doomsday clock? And if so, who is the time keeper?
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