EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW IT: Nobody Is Talking About This...CENSORSHIP
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THIS POST IS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING CENSORED UNFAIRLY BY THE BIG 3 YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE
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The Internet is often idealized as a bastion of information freedom, but not everyone has the same ideal.
One of the most pernicious things that keeps the Internet from reaching it's ideal open, democratic state is state-sponsored censorship. And although denizens of the world are learning more about censorship and learning new ways to counteract it, the outlook for the future of Internet freedom isn’t looking good.
Censorship Is Everywhere
When most people think of Internet censorship, they think about political dictatorships and hardline Middle Eastern countries.
China, Russia, and Iran are often discussed as countries that lack sufficient information freedoms, and Turkey’s been in the news over the past few months for its policies on social media (it even inspired the creation of Streisand, the anti-censorship server that we covered recently).
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But censorship is much more prevalent than you might think. A quick look at the world map of censorship that we posted earlier this year shows that many countries around the world restrict things like torrents, pornography, and social media. Jillian York, the Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, pointed out to MakeUseOf that:
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She also mentioned that many countries, instead of engaging in overt censorship, are resorting to legislative blocks on certain types of content; both France and Australia have recently put laws into effect that effectively allow them to censor certain websites.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem likely that governments will slow down their push to restrict Internet freedoms. Carly Nyst, the Legal Director of Privacy International, pointed out to MakeUseOf that both governments and companies are realizing the value of information that’s out there and the value of controlling it.
With the increasingly common characterization of the Internet as a battlefield (such as in Barack Obama’s recent address to the UN), governments are likely to seek increased control of cyberspace.
The Invisibility of Censorship
Unfortunately, the progression of censorship technology only fuels the spread of censorship. New technologies are giving governments the ability to more selectively censor online materials.
For example, it’s now possible to censor individual web pages instead of entire domains. York points out that abilities like this make it easier to keep censorship invisible. She also pointed out that because of increased awareness of censorship and an unwillingness to risk outrage over the attack on freedom, governments may resort to other methods, like arresting individuals for their speech on social media or increasing surveillance.
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Nyst agrees: “surveillance and censorship are two sides of the same coin,” she says, and both work together to restrict Internet freedoms.
While it’s easy to talk about censorship and surveillance separately, they’re much more difficult to disentangle in real life. It’s long been acknowledged that information is power—and by using surveillance to increase the amount of knowledge gathered in conjunction with censorship to limit the amount of information available to others, governments are hoarding power.
This is similar to something that Cory Doctorow said at the Don’t Spy on Us event earlier this year about secrecy and transparency. Secrecy, he said, increases the power differential between a government and the people, and the transparency decreases it. Secret surveillance and censorship obviously contributes to an increased power differential.
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Censorship is hard to see, but by taking steps to fight it and educating Internets users around the world, it’s possible to make a stand for freedom.
Fighting Back
With governments’ increased awareness of the value of controlling information, the increasingly invisible nature of censorship, and serious repercussions for taking visible action against censorship, the future of Internet freedom looks bleak. There will likely be an increase in censorship technologies and a crackdown on people and organizations that oppose them.
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