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Originally Posted by deed02392
You are being pedantic. We have control in the sense that no one is or can be silenced on the internet at present. I think you need to look at the situation in Egypt. Why do you think their government found the need to take away their internet connectivity? It's a powerful tool for the people and not something which should have ANY restrictions imposed on it.
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Oh you're talking about censorship. Not the same as protocol shaping to be honest.
Sections of the Internet are censored for legal reasons, shaping is network management, nothing more. No-one is mooting wholesale censorship however it should be noted that many people demanding their 'rights' do so on media belonging to others.
There is nothing stopping 'the people' from publishing content however sooner or later you have to use a company's network, perhaps their servers too.
Shaping is not censorship anymore than an engaged tone on a telephone line is violating your right to converse. Blocking the protocols outright is censorship, this isn't happening.
The Internet is a collection of privately owned networks, alongside some state ones, linked together again mostly via privately owned interconnects.
You see where I'm going with this. It's a network run mostly to make money, unless every country in the world nationalises all their assets it will remain as such.
Working in the field for a decade has perhaps jaded me a touch as to the more spiritual nature of the interwebs
