- Detroit Free Press Article Dec. 2017 Disclaimer: Freepress.net is a project of Free Press and the Free Press Action Fund. Being that we, those who may read this, exist in small corners of the internet as we have known it and seen it evolve, Net Neutrality should be a concern upon which we expend a fair amount of energy and awareness. It's possible that the Internet as we know it will change to be a more commercialized, greasy palms earning viewership - type situation but as a small time user I feel like the effect may be intended to be more nefarious. How will people looking to expand their knowledge in niche areas do so? How much patience will need to be displayed when controversial content takes forever to load? How many of the younger generations will understand that their news is white washed to fit the talking points of the status quo? And most importantly what can WE do, collectively and by honestly working together to circumvent these efforts to silence voices that make the status quo annoyed... lest they be heard and then it becomes a discomfort, a concern... A problem to be dealt with.
I made some notes on it earlier: Internet Bill of Rights, IBOR 7 drops on Q Map search “Internet Bill of Rights” 605 25 Jan 2018 (the earliest date, it's mentioned) 841 4 Mar 2018 842 4 Mar 2018 872 7 Mar 2018 873 7 Mar 2018 884 8 Mar 2018 1378 15 May 2018 2 drops with IBOR https://qanon.pub/?q=IBOR (already posted above) 16 posts under the IBOR theme link I thought about this as I was listening to AG Barr in the presser with Trump on his Social Media EO. When Q first posted about this I looked up the ATT IBOR page. I've been on the lookout for this development because of these mentions. I have some questions about it. I felt the ATT page didn't really give much information.
You bring up an excellent point with cookies, Rose. I don't think I've seen a representation of how they work that shows the nefarious intent quite like the results disappearing from available links as you describe here. Isn't it odd? I thought cookies were only meant to track where you go and then that information can be sold off to the highest bidder in marketing so that ads that pop up (endlessly!) will be deemed more relevant due to their research of you as a consumer. Though it does pose an interesting question of how the repeal of Net Neutrality and forthcoming actions will affect things like online advertising, those short videos-like-commercials that you sit through for 12 to 15 seconds in order to watch a video or view an article freely, that kind of thing. Will it be affected by this movement towards 'transparency'? New Yorker
Not referring to this story, but I will comment that I have been fairly unimpressed with the reliability of the NYT. When I recently heard a fague reference that Ohr of the DOJ, a member of Mueller's Special Prosecution team into Trump's supposed Russia collusion, had been "re-assigned" and had a wife who worked with Steele on the Fusion GPS dossier during the campaign, I googled for available details. The story had just broken on cable news. My first search "Ohr DOJ" pulled up a number of interesting references. I clicked and read a few including one on an ultra liberal Washington rag. When I went back to my search again, none of the previous references remained. I searched "Ohr DOJ Wife". Original results were back. But, it was the same situation when I returned the second time. All articles had all disappeared. So, lastly, I tried "Ohr DOJ Wife Fusion". Again, an instant replay of the above process occurred. I scratched my head, then finally wised up and delete a cookie from that rag. Further search results became stable. There are apparently abundant means to influence net neutrality outside the scope of the previous law or it's revocation.
From The New York Times: "Internet service providers, many of which are also media companies, could create faster lanes of delivery for their own sites, which would make it harder for the content of their rivals to show up in front of consumers." Very interestingly the above linked article came out on Dec. 15th, 2017 ...now we know what happened on the 16th, but I will leave that for another thread if that's alright? The repeal of Net Neutrality, from how I understand it, served to remove the roadblock occurring before any misuse could be had, however, the function of Net Neutrality, keeping access to the internet and its many wonders on an even playing field... no matter if you were coming from a massive multi-player gaming service or a personal site on shared servers. In theory, Net Neutrality criminalized setting a tiered system designated to the speed with which one can download, upload or otherwise receive content on the World Wide Web. This is where we may see the smoke billowing soon. In an age of instant gratification it will be the rare researcher who will harken back to the days of dial up... That is to say; Find the URL you are looking for, click to begin loading and go make a sandwich with the hope the page will be readable upon your return. I remember those days, the sounds of connection and everything that followed, basic, beta, beautiful and with far less distraction. Using the internet for its proper and legitimate purposes will likely lose favor over video games, streaming television and of course, porn. But even there we may be resisted, in that so many 'Cam Girls' might just miss a pay day because they don't have a pimp in the connectivity service. Live Stream without the license? Perhaps that is next. Personally I am more concerned for projects such as this and that which I have had involvement in for the past 2 years. Freelancers, Guerrilla Journalism, Truth sodding the consequence, disclosure, revealing of that which has yet to be unmasked. "The net neutrality rules, passed in 2015 during the Obama administration, were intended to be a protective measure for consumers as more Americans migrated to the internet for communications. The regulations were also meant to make sure new and small companies, as well as media companies, could sell their goods and distribute information without restrictions from broadband companies." Hopefully its not about 'sticking it to the little guy' and more about creating more transparent practices in Media & Communications. ... but I wouldn't hold my breath.
How can I possibly make a difference in this war against the first amendment, our right to free speech? By using it first and foremost! - https://www.battleforthenet.com/scoreboard/ On the Scoreboard you can find your State Representation and see where they stand, now, to be fair, the vote did run along party lines, so if you have a strong Republican base in your state the work is cut out for you, but a few clicks counts as many voices expressing displeaure in the choices those who are meant to serve and represent us make.
