Meet the New Authoritarian Masters of the Internet – IOTW Report

Meet the New Authoritarian Masters of the Internet

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Breitbart: President Barack Obama’s drive to hand off control of Internet domains to a foreign multi-national operation will give some very unpleasant regimes equal say over the future of online speech and commerce.

In fact, they are likely to have much more influence than America, because they will collectively push hard for a more tightly controlled Internet, and they are known for aggressively using political and economic pressure to get what they want.

Here’s a look at some of the regimes that will begin shaping the future of the Internet in just a few days, if President Obama gets his way.

China

China wrote the book on authoritarian control of online speech. The legendary “Great Firewall of China” prevents citizens of the communist state from accessing global content the Politburo disapproves of. Chinese technology companies are required by law to provide the regime with backdoor access to just about everything.

The Chinese government outright banned online news reporting in July, granting the government even tighter control over the spread of information. Websites are only permitted to post news from official government sources. Chinese online news wasn’t exactly a bastion of freedom before that, of course, but at least the government censors had to track down news stories they disliked and demand the site administrators take them down.

Unsurprisingly, the Chinese Communists aren’t big fans of independent news analysis or blogging, either. Bloggers who criticize the government are liable to be charged with “inciting subversion,” even when the writer in question is a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Chinese citizens know better than to get cheeky on social media accounts, as well. Before online news websites were totally banned, they were forbidden from reporting news gathered from social media, without government approval. Spreading anything the government decides is “fake news” is a crime.

In a report labeling China one of the worst countries for Internet freedom in the world,Freedom House noted they’ve already been playing games with Internet registration and security verification:  MORE

19 Comments on Meet the New Authoritarian Masters of the Internet

  1. I, for one, would like to welcome our new Internet overlords, and declare that I stand ready to assist them in rooting out subversive websites such as IOTWR and –

    What? Too soon?

    OK…never mind.

    🙄

  2. Hasn’t the Obola Administration (and it’s surrogate, Mrs Bubba Clinton) loudly accused Mr Trump of cozying up to Vlad Putin?! But they are gifting him the entire Internets??

    Hope Al Gore continues to collect his inventor’s royalties!

  3. I called my Senators & Rep 2 weeks ago and was assured the Repubs did not support turnover & did support Cruz’ bill to prevent it.

    Today I called to see what ACTION they have taken. Got murmurs of support. Thanked them but asked what ACTION they are taking with only 2 days to go.

    Was told it’s tied up in Senator Thune’s Commerce Committee (202-224-1251) so I called. Asked why the bill is still in committee. Was assured Senator Thune supports the bill so I asked WHY, if that’s the case, it’s still in his committee. Was told they’re trying to work out a COMPROMISE. I asked what there was to compromise about. It’s a yes or a no. Not how much pork a district gets or whose favorite special interest gets a pass.

    All talk, no action. Watch them go before the cameras on 10/1 denouncing Obama content in the knowledge they could have stopped him but were good lapdogs.

  4. If our guys don’t block it, the globalist fix is in.

    We will see a one-world government before the generation that witnessed Israel become a state passes away. These prophecies are being fulfilled at a quickening pace.

  5. Can’t think of a more honest and trustworthy bunch to ensure personal information on the internet is secure. Alas, the list is not complete without the tainted, err sainted Hillary.

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