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[ NNSquad ] Google's Sergey Brin clarifies remarks on Internet threats
Google's Sergey Brin clarifies remarks on Internet threats
http://j.mp/JKeIj9 (Google+)
"I believe the internet has been one of the greatest forces for good in
the world over the past quarter century. So when the Guardian
requested that I speak to them over the past few months about internet
freedom, I decided it was important to participate. I think the
article is a pretty good read but is a short summary of a long
discussion. My thoughts got particularly distorted in the secondary
coverage in a way that distracts from my central tenets so I think
they are worth clarifying here."
- - -
I think we can boil this down to one essential sentence, leaving aside
the relative valuations of government censorship vs. corporate walled
gardens for the moment (though I would certainly agree with Sergey
that the former is a greater threat than the latter, for a variety of
reasons): An Internet that is not Open represents a potentially grave
risk to freedoms of many sorts -- freedom of speech and other civil
liberties, freedom of commerce, and more -- and that openness is what
we must so diligently work to both preserve and expand.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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