It's a short five-point document — a Bill of Rights of sorts — that lists out the basics of what humanity should expect and deserve from the internet. It reads:

"We stand for a free and open Internet. We support transparent and participatory processes for making Internet policy and the establishment of five basic principles:

Expression: Don't censor the Internet.

Access: Promote universal access to fast and affordable networks.

Openness: Keep the Internet an open network where everyone is free to connect, communicate, write, read, watch, speak, listen, learn, create and innovate.

Innovation: Protect the freedom to innovate and create without permission. Don't block new technologies, and don't punish innovators for their users' actions.

Privacy: Protect privacy and defend everyone's ability to control how their data and devices are used."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/internet-lines-behind-declaration-internet-freedom-221654205.html


I would be surprised if anyone on Internet objects to this. But it's tww and I know we have some devil's advocates

7/2/2012 10:28:05 PM

Quote :

"If you have something you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it."

-Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, to Maria Bartiromo on 3 December 2009: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/07/google-ceo-on-privacy-if_n_383105.html

7/3/2012 6:35:08 AM

I'll add a sixth point. Since it is transparent, we should promote transparency by having persistant trolls lose the right to post under a pseudonym. They can continue being on the internet in the future, it's just their real name and email gets attached to everything.

^ and what that CEO said

[Edited on July 3, 2012 at 7:27 AM. Reason : .]

7/3/2012 7:20:19 AM

It should also ban retarded Genie Sex Boy threads

7/3/2012 9:34:21 AM

so how's that CISPA going?

7/3/2012 10:29:59 AM