38 Degrees backs campaign against ‘Digital Dictator’ Mandelson

@Ricardo

Democratic Governments have certain responsibilities to maintain & "Dictatorship" becomes a very short step when powers are introduced which tend to Circumvent due Process of Law & Basic Human Rights!

Freedom of Information
In this, The Age of Information, it is essential that everyone gain unrestricted access to the internet. It is worrisome that a huge proportion of Canadian and American citizens do not have access to a broadband internet connection. This phenomenon is called the Digital Divide since it essentially divides those who do not have access from effectively being able to participate fully in today’s society.
The current battle which threatens to eliminate all effective activism really has me terrified. All the major ISP's are doing their worst to eliminate net neutrality. If they succeed, the internet will become like all mainstream media, a source of propaganda for the elite that ignores everything that the people have to say. I'm working on a new page for my website that will deal exclusively with the internet and how it must be protected as the ONLY means for the common people to voice their concerns.
The recent proposals by British and French governments to curtail access to the internet arbitrarily and without due process of law to people who they deem unworthy is a first step towards widespread censorship of the internet,
All peoples, particularly activists should be concerned about the expanding threats to our ability to communicate broadly, for if these measures are allowed to proceed, civilization will be set back to the Twentieth Century where the only means of communicating ideas broadly was held by the elite and all ordinary citizens were virtually silenced. We must oppose our RIGHT to free, open and unrestricted access to the internet. Censorship in any form must not be allowed.