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Google,
FaceBook, Youtube, Twitter and others have evolved from being presenters of
user created content to the judge and jury for the range of ideas tolerated in
public discourse. Internet conglomerates have in effect become modern day
censorship boards. What is
most alarming is that these conglomerates are clearly partnering with Governmental agencies
in what can only be described as modern day corporatism or fascism.
This corporatist or fascist censorship
board is silencing dissenting voices and limiting the free flow of ideas.
Compounding this problem is that the complicity of the mainstream media. Anyone
doing a search on a topic that is promoted in the mockingbird media is now provided with
internet content that fits nicely in the window which the censors have created.
This situation is extremely concerning but like most of the major
problems in life it is a situation in our direct control. In order to resolve
this problem all that must be done is to move off the platforms that have been
captured by the State and move towards platforms that offer us the ability to
exercise free speech.
Moving to new platforms is not a painless process. Robert
Metcalfe, the founder of 3Com was instrumental in developing computer
networking technology. It is to him that is attributed the law that states that the
effect of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the
number of connected users to the system. Today, the
vast majority of our friends and family are using the leading social media
sites. Migrating off of those sites implies moving to a network of lesser
value. Yet, is the price being exacted by those prevailing social media sites
worth the benefit? If the price is freedom of speech and the ability to freely
share ideas, then those sites are no longer valuable and increasingly becoming
a detriment to us and to society at large. Censorship is acting as “noise” on
the telecommunication network and significantly impacting its value.
So, what are our options? Instead of
FaceBook and Twitter we should be using Gab.ai which
is built around the concepts of freedom of speech. Instead of the Google Chrome
Browser we should be using Brave which blocks advertisements and
offers a Tor browser option. Instead of Youtube we should be using Hooktube which
pulls Youtube content without adding view counts, tracking and country
restrictions. Rather than use Gmail, why not use ProtonMail?
Instead of searching with Google we can search using alternative tools like
Search Encrypt, Start Page, Duck Duck Go, Gibiru, Swiss Cows or even the
Russian search engine Yandex.
Censorship
is an enormous problem that the internet temporarily freed us from. Now we’re
seeing the State leverage