Yes, Hands Off the Internet! (Towards “Internet Freedom”!… (Enough with the hypocrisy

(from today’s various Internet news feeds….

Yes, for sure, these hands off the Internet.

http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/china-tightens-internet-control-bans-anonymity-allows-government-to-delete-posts/censorship-online-twitter-weibo-xinhua-/c3s10510/#.UN2qcI7896I

But what about these hands?

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121228/07170621508/fisa-is-renewed-with-all-its-problems-still-intact.shtml

Or these

http://torrentfreak.com/google-removed-50-million-pirate-search-results-this-year-121228/

Or these

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/12/washingtons-blog-facebook-censors-prominent-political-critics.html

Maybe a New Year’s Resolution: Enough with the hypocrisy!

For the Internet as a Global Public Good!

M

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