The Great American Firewall: Why the Net is Poised to Become a Global Weapon of Mass Deception

Find out who the enemies of Democracy are.

Fire at will.

Elliot D. Cohen: The Great American Firewall: Why the Net is Poised to Become a Global Weapon of Mass Deception:

"Hindsight is often touted as better than foresight, yet such a truism should not blind us to an immanent threat before it happens. Like someone who takes up with an abusive mate and rationalizes the threat to life and limb until the battering leaves undeniable, indelible scars, there are good reasons right now to expect the worst when it comes to the survival of the free Internet. Now unfolding is a legal-political-corporate plot for turning a vibrant, democratic Internet into a global web of corporate and government deceit. The tell-tale signs exist but as in domestic abuse, the perpetrators (federal government and a small group of interconnected, powerful telecom and mainstream media monopolies) have done their utmost to keep it hidden behind closed doors. "