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[ PRIVACY Forum ] CNN: Vint Cerf: Why we must fight for [the
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CNN: Vint Cerf: Why we must fight for [the Internet's] freedom
http://j.mp/11naASg (CNN)
"A state-controlled system of regulation is not only unnecessary, it
would almost invariably raise costs and prices and interfere with the
rapid and organic growth of the internet we have seen since its
commercial emergence in the 1990s. The net's future is far from
assured and history offers much warning. Within a few decades of
Gutenberg's creation, princes and priests moved to restrict the right
to print books. History is rife with examples of governments taking
actions to "protect" their citizens from harm by controlling access to
information and inhibiting freedom of expression and other freedoms
outlined in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We must make
sure, collectively, that the internet avoids a similar fate."
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*** AGREED. ***
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