This is a contribution by Bruce David, Editorial Director of Hustler Magazine
FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin wants to give Internet providers the ability to put filters on what you can access on the net. It's intended, we are told, to protect children from porn on the Internet. But you already have that ability on your computer, if you buy the necessary software. Why give that power to some super authority that will tell you what you can see? And what guarantee do we have that the government wont decide at some future date to block other things it doesn't want you or me to know about?
Martin has tied this proposal to plans he is drawing up which would supposedly provide free internet access to consumers. But that's another shell game: The free service would be slower than what you pay a monthly fee for. I suspect this would just be the beginning of a tiered system -- something net providers desperately want -- in which the speed of your net access will depend on how much you pay each month.
As for filters, I'm sure you wouldn't want me deciding what you or your children can view on the net. And I know I don't want you telling me what I can view. So why would I want Kevin J. Martin -- or any government authority -- to have that power over me? It's just a bad idea.
2 comments:
soon they will be charging us internet postage for our emails bruce. The truth is email will replace letters.
peace
tony
"Why give that power to some super authority that will tell you what you can see?"
Easy. Because the bastards don't want to give it away for free....they want to charge you in order to be able to access it. Or, they want to charge you in order to filter the content.
Either way, it's a win/win for them.
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