Why The Future Is Here In The South, Another Example

[Redpossum]

Seldom does fate, (or random chance), offer us such a clear contrast on two successive days.

In the USA, the Federal Communications Commission has just issued new rules that utterly destroy net neutrality, and deliver the Web into the hands of the rich and powerful, through the corporations they control.

While in Brazil, the Senate has passed an Internet Constitution, what amounts to an Internet Bill of Rights, clearly setting forth the rights, duties, and responsibilities of both users and providers. And the NETMundial summit, which wound up yesterday, may well have set forth the future of the Internet.

No, I'm not blind to Brazil's problems, but the trends are in opposite directions. The South is striving to improve, granted only on the principle of "two steps forward, one step back", but still trending onward and upward. While the North seems locked into a downward spiral of war, oppression, tyranny, and death.

 

[steveinbsas]

,,,in future we really need to keep this stuff in the World Politics forum.

 

[amyb]

[background=rgb(252, 252, 252)]"In the USA, the Federal Communications Commission has just issued new rules that utterly destroy net neutrality, and deliver the Web into the hands of the rich and powerful, through the corporations they control."[/background]

[background=rgb(252, 252, 252)]not true....[/background]

[background=rgb(252, 252, 252)]It's a [/background]proposition of the FCC, not "new rules"....

"Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the commission, is proposing that broadband providers — phone and cable companies — be allowed to charge fees for faster delivery of video and other data to consumers."

amy

 

[Redpossum]

Steve, except this is not just about the USA, as was your ongoing polemic against Obamacare, which had virtually no relevance to Argentina.

This is about South America, and vitally important to Argentina. This is about a net conference in Argentina's biggest neighbour.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

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Perhaps there should be a separate "Ayn's Acolytes' Paranoia Forum."

 

[kellrobinson]

the North seems locked into a downward spiral of war, oppression, tyranny, and death.

Could you please inject a little more subtlety in your rhetoric

 

[thorsten]

While I agree that net neutrality is important, concluding from this topic to a general trend that the south is striving to improve while the north develops in the opposite direction is really farfetched. It's like saying "look, there are huge protests in Brazil right now, the south is going down" or "Argentina now covers up their poverty rate --> north > south".

 

[camberiu]

The "Marco Civil da Internet" just passed in Brazil is aan authoritarian trojan horse disguised as a net neutrality law. It forces ISPs to retain and store all data and online activity from all users for a year. It creates mechanisms that allow any politician to quickly order a legal take down of any and all material that they judge is harmful to their "honor or reputation".

Here is a good analysis of the law. Click on the "cc" button at the lower corer to enable the closed captioning in English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ53HL5OwME&list=UU_08jhZG1YSX3nxMVgQcc5w&feature=share&index=1

 

[Redpossum]

You present a cartoon, and call that a "good analysis"?

 

[camberiu]

You present a cartoon, and call that a "good analysis"?

Does it matter what format was presented? So, if it is not done by a guy wearing a tie and a suit it does not count? Did you listen to the actual law being quoted on the video, with the critical paragraphs being pointed out? The actual practical examples being given?