[ NNSquad ] ISPs as government trackers and censors

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

ISPs as government trackers and censors

http://j.mp/ihfOFh  (ars technica)

    But a new report suggests that nations are slowly turning ISPs into
    the off-duty information cops of the world. Eager to placate
    politicians in order to achieve their own goals (like the selective
    throttling of data), networks are cooperating with governments looking
    for easy, informal solutions to difficult problems like copyright
    infringement, dangerous speech, online vice, and child pornography.

--Lauren--
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