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Internet/Equality of Access AlterLinks Topic Index The conspiracy to censor the Internet Resource Type: Article Published: 2017 The political representatives of the American ruling class are engaged in a conspiracy to suppress free speech. Under the guise of combating "trolls" and "fake news" supposedly controlled by Russia, the most basic constitutional rights enumerated in the First Amendment are under direct attack. Corporate Corruption And The Special Interest State Regulatory Capture at the FCC Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 With Tom Wheeler's nomination, expect pro big-telecom policies such as ending net neutrality, further industry consolidation, limiting meaningful competition and increasing user fees, among other policies. From an Open Internet, Back to the Dark Ages Resource Type: Article Published: 2017 Can anyone still doubt that access to a relatively free and open internet is rapidly coming to an end in the west? In China and other autocratic regimes, leaders have simply bent the internet to their will, censoring content that threatens their rule. But in the "democratic" west, it is being done differently. The state does not have to interfere directly -- it outsources its dirty work to corporations. The Internet is Already Broken Resource Type: Article Published: 2017 Nick Pemberton's article on the already broken internet. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 21, 2018 Their Interent or Ours? Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2018 The Internet, which was at one time a free and open space for sharing information and ideas, has been privatized and twisted to serve the profit-making agenda of huge corporations, working hand-in-glove with governments which want to suppress opposition and alternatives. What can we do about it? Is it our Internet or theirs? Ours to Hack and To Own The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, A New Vision For the Future Of Work and A Fairer Internet Resource Type: Book Published: 2016 The activists who have put together Ours to Hack and to Own argue for a new kind of online economy: platform cooperativism, which combines the rich heritage of cooperatives with the promise of 21st-century technologies, free from monopoly, exploitation, and surveillance. Their Internet or Ours? Introduction to the April 21, 2018 issue of Other Voices Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 What happened to the Internet? The Internet, which was at one time a free and open space for sharing information and ideas, has been privatized and twisted to serve the profit-making agenda of huge corporations, working hand-in-glove with governments which want to suppress opposition and alternatives. What can we do about it? Is it our Internet or theirs? Towards a two-tiered knowledge society Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 On the Conservative government's actions to reduce Internet access and library access to a large portion of the population.

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