via BusinessInsider.com
Governments pose the biggest threat to global innovation, a senior adviser to Hillary Clinton has warned.
Speaking at LeWeb London, Alec Ross said the “hierarchy of control” is being taken from those in power and onto citizens.
He warned that governments all over the world would start “lashing back” as this control was lost.
He cited the collapse of anti-piracy legislation Sopa as a wake-up call to US politicians.
“As power is shifting from hierarchies to citizens, and networks of citizens, governments tend to feel overwhelmed,” he said.
“They feel over-run by this change. As movements accelerate; as revolutions increasingly make use of connective technologies; as pieces of legislation with massive corporate backing get shot in the head because of citizen-centered networks, what you should anticipate is a lashing back from government.”
Sopa – the Stop Online Piracy Act – was subjected to a massive co-ordinated protest by internet users who were worried it would restrict internet freedom.
Mr Ross, who is regarded as Mrs Clinton’s most high-profile advisor on technology and innovation-related issues, said some US politicians had found themselves confronted by young family members over the Sopa bill.
As a result, many US politicians changed their stance and chose to oppose Sopa.
He warned the conference attendees, made up mostly of developers and other technology innovators, that those in power would start to get “up in your face all the more” as a result of the Sopa fall-out.
Governments would begin “seeking to control your networks, seeking to take away your internet freedom”, he said.
His comments come as the UK government is looking to introduce laws allowing for the monitoring of internet use, including email and social networking.
See: Ultimate Guide on Internet Censorship
Receive an email update when we add a new INTERNET CENSORSHIP article.
The Latest on: Internet censorship
via Google News
The Latest on: Internet censorship
- German government prepares for internet censorship and deployment of the armed forceson March 22, 2020 at 10:56 pm
Various opposition groups are forming on the internet to refute government propaganda and describe and fight against ... Politicians have responded to this opposition with calls for censorship and ...
- DW app: Defying Internet censorshipon March 9, 2020 at 5:00 pm
People in more and more countries are struggling with Internet censorship. For this reason, since 2012, DW has been using the censorship bypass tool Psiphon. The software was integrated into the ...
- ‘Noodles’ and ‘Pandas’: Chinese People Are Using Secret Code to Talk About Coronavirus Onlineon March 6, 2020 at 5:37 am
“To combat systematic internet censorship, netizens in China have created a new vocabulary to discuss ‘sensitive issues.’ This language keeps evolving as the government constantly expands ...
- China’s Glorious New Internet Censorship: What a Beautiful World This Will Beon March 5, 2020 at 7:05 am
This song fits perfectly what the CCP is trying to do with China’s Internet, especially the line, “A just machine to make big decisions, programmed by fellows with compassion and vision. We’ll be ...
- China cracks down on ‘celebrity gossip’ in new censorship ruleson March 3, 2020 at 1:00 pm
China is making it a crime to keep up with the Kardashians. A set of new internet censorship rules banning “negative content” — such as “excessive celebrity gossip” — have been in ...
- China enacted a sweeping new law that bars people from posting negative content online, and it could be used to suppress coronavirus newson March 2, 2020 at 5:14 am
"This is basically the internet version of social policing." China's government and tech companies have long been known to distort data and enforce strict censorship on what its citizens can see ...
- China cracks down on 'sexual innuendo' and 'celebrity gossip' in new censorship ruleson March 1, 2020 at 11:03 pm
Photograph: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images Sweeping new internet censorship rules have gone into effect in China, prompting concerns that authorities will further control information and online debate ...
- China has censored the Archive of Our Own, one of the internet’s largest fanfiction websiteson March 1, 2020 at 8:56 am
It’s more likely that AO3 became a target of China’s ongoing attempts to suppress queer and explicit media content, as a part of its larger dedicated pattern of internet censorship.
- Internet giants threaten Pakistan exodus over censorship ruleson February 28, 2020 at 7:35 am
Google, Facebook and Twitter have banded together in protest against new internet censorship rules introduced in Pakistan. The digital censorship law affords regulators the right to order the ...
via Bing News
![Share](https://vk.com/share.php?url=https://www.innovationtoronto.com/2012/06/governments-will-start-lashing-back-as-internet-grows/&title=Governments+will+start+%26%238216%3Blashing+back%26%238217%3B+as+internet+grows&image=https://i1.wp.com/www.innovationtoronto.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/4ec41c10eab8ea033900003b-750-520.jpg?fit=750%2C520&ssl=1&description=Governments pose the biggest threat to global innovation, a senior adviser to Hillary Clinton has warned. Speaking at LeWeb London, Alec Ross said the "hierarch){kind=link}