Internet freedom

Inventor of the World Wide Web warns tech giants must be regulated, or the ‘net will plunge into “weaponization” that harms society

March 15, 2018 -

Posted by Lance D Johnson

(Natural News) Inventor of the World Wide Web, British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is speaking out about how the internet is being weaponized against people. He believes that tech giants should be regulated so that free speech can be restored across the net. Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc., control a vast proportion of the information people […]

in: Facebook, First Amendment, Google, Thought Crime

Why Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all need to be urgently regulated to halt politically motivated censorship

August 16, 2017 -

Posted by Robert Jonathan

(Natural News) White House chief strategist and free market advocate Steve Bannon made news late last month by allegedly floating the idea of regulating Google and Facebook like utilities. In a familiar refrain, three anonymous sources who were involved in discussions with Bannon supposedly revealed this development to The Intercept. Government intervention into the private sector is […]

in: Facebook, First Amendment, Google

Apple goes all-in for communist China censorship by banning apps that help users bypass state censorship

August 3, 2017 -

Posted by Robert Jonathan

(Natural News) In an example of situational ethics, if not outright hypocrisy, Apple appears to be helping China censor Internet content. Apparently caving to pressure from the communist government there, it has removed Virtual Private Network (VPN) software apps from its app store in China. The regime now requires VPN developers to obtain a license from the government […]

in: Apple, China, Propaganda