floofloof@lemmy.ca to TechnologyEnglish · 1 day agoStop Killing the Internet: Governments are walling off the open internet. We are a global movement opposing restrictions — and building a better internet.www.stopkillingtheinternet.comexternal-linkmessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down14cross-posted to: world
arrow-up11.03Karrow-down1external-linkStop Killing the Internet: Governments are walling off the open internet. We are a global movement opposing restrictions — and building a better internet.www.stopkillingtheinternet.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to TechnologyEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square90linkfedilinkcross-posted to: world
minus-squareDarkCloudlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down9·1 day agoYou know, every country has a blacklist of websites it doesn’t allow access to. Has been that way since the 90s. It’s also part of law enforcement. What’s more there are things organisation like the IEEE don’t allow. So there’s a central authority involved. All in all what we call the Internet isn’t the most free protocol we have. It’s just the one that got popular.
minus-squareMortUSlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours ago“And it’s not a Democracy it’s a Democratic Republic!” /s
minus-squarePhantaloons@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoOh okay. That still really sucks you know, all the same.
You know, every country has a blacklist of websites it doesn’t allow access to. Has been that way since the 90s. It’s also part of law enforcement.
What’s more there are things organisation like the IEEE don’t allow. So there’s a central authority involved.
All in all what we call the Internet isn’t the most free protocol we have. It’s just the one that got popular.
“And it’s not a Democracy it’s a Democratic Republic!” /s
Oh okay.
That still really sucks you know, all the same.
Dumb.
Nothing is new here guys!