From the current issue of Time magazine article entitled “The Informers” “The truth is that those with the most power over who can speak and who can be heard in the Internet age aren’t judges or prosecutors or even the President. They’re officials at Internet and telecom companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Verizon and AT&T. ..And while Internet companies must obey the law, their decisions about whether to cooperate with government surveillance requests will determine the future of free speech as much as any prosecutor or judge. Today’s’ unprecedented centralization of information means that whoever control the databases holds the real power to decide who can speak or what we can say.” – Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:56:04 +0000