Regulating The Internet
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 1:07 pm
In China, Retweets Can Get You Prison Time
Although this clip is mostly about repressive laws regulating free speech in China, the commentators point out that we in the USA are not exactly immune to this sort of thing. Our leaders push ideas such as bullying and public safety as a way to justify holding people accountable for what they say online. Similarly most of the propaganda against anonymity is also intended to make it easier to hold people accountable for their online communications. Ultimately the leaders in China and here in the USA only want to hold people accountable - in other words, punish people for saying the wrong things online. The differences between the two countries are incredibly slight, but the similarities are overwhelming!
Although this clip is mostly about repressive laws regulating free speech in China, the commentators point out that we in the USA are not exactly immune to this sort of thing. Our leaders push ideas such as bullying and public safety as a way to justify holding people accountable for what they say online. Similarly most of the propaganda against anonymity is also intended to make it easier to hold people accountable for their online communications. Ultimately the leaders in China and here in the USA only want to hold people accountable - in other words, punish people for saying the wrong things online. The differences between the two countries are incredibly slight, but the similarities are overwhelming!