I was using Stumbleupon, as I have been known to do (username: mehalld) and I found this site with a great video telling people about censorship online just now.
It's not just those mentioned either, as Australia is trying to implement a filtering service which would be the largest in the world, bar the Great Firewall of China, and New Zealand is trying to pass extreme "guilty upon accusation" legislation, Italy has blocked The Pirate Bay (though granted, they had another site up for Italians inside of something like an hour.)
Comcast has been in trouble for throttling the speeds of P2P users, and the stories of more ISPs throttling continues.
The Only good news I have heard recently for net neutrality is that Obama has appointed a net neutrality advocate to the FCC (though he needs approved first.)
People need to realise that if the highest level of net neutrality possible isn't maintained, then it is far too easy for even a liberal country like the UK, the US, or even Sweden to end up, 50, a hundred years down the line, with something that would make the Great Firewall look pitiful.
If a government can try to get away with suppressing information, they inevitably will, since it makes their jobs so much easier.
Gah, this was just supposed to be a quick blog, but I've ended up ranting on again, lol.
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