The Internet is hailed as a free, open & democratic force with great transformational powers. There’s no doubt it’s contributed substantially to the progress of society. Is this about to change? Are governments, NGOs and special interest groups around the world introducing legislation and putting forward proposals to cripple the openness, reduce personal freedom and take control of the communication?

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The free internet under siege?
GoOpen 2013 - Tromsø
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The Internet is hailed as a free, open & democratic
force with great transformational powers. There’s no
doubt it’s contributed substantially to the progress of
society. Is this about to change? Are governments,
NGOs and special interest groups around the world
introducing legislation and putting forward proposals to
cripple the openness, reduce personal freedom and
take control of the communication?
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Commodore64.jpg
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_map_1024.jpg
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“
Because it is borderless and belongs to
everyone, it has brought unprecedented
freedoms to billions of people worldwide: the
freedom to create and innovate, to organize
and influence, to speak and be heard
”
Vint Cerf tells the truth
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/debate-over-internet-regulations-future-rages-at-dubai-meeting/article6016228/

7. http://scoop.intel.com/what-happens-in-an-internet-minute/
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http://scm-l3.technorati.com/12/04/10/66781/17-1-arab-spring-pacman.jpg?t=20120410023311
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The free internet under siege?
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to lift a great quote from
Professor Ian Hargreaves;
the short answer is...
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12. !
yes
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http://march12.rsf.org/en/
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letter curse?
a few examples
in alphabetical order...

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ACTA
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
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CETA
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

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DMCA
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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PIPA
Protect IP Act
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19. IT-næringens interesseorganisasjon
SOPA
Stop Online Piracy Act
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TPPA
did they move to a 3 letter system to confuse us?
Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
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& MORE...
as in more, alot more, is gonna come...
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“
ICE, European law enforcement agencies and
Europol seize 132 domain names selling
counterfeit merchandise in 'Project Cyber
Monday 3' and 'Project Transatlantic' operations
”

23. IT-næringens interesseorganisasjon
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57505318-93/homeland-securitys-domain-seizures-worries-congress/
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They're Coming to Take My
Domain Away, Ha-Haaa!
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/app-domains-seized/
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They're Coming to Take My
Domain Away, Ha-Haaa!
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/app-domains-seized/
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26. Photo credit: Imre Solt' / http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dubai_Roads_on_8_May_2008_Pict_2.jpg
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hear the drummer get
WCIT
http://wcitleaks.org/
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“
“The dirty truth is that the very sunlight
that the U.S. government and Google,
among others, shone on the process has
removed most of the big problems before
[the conference] even started”
”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/debate-over-internet-regulations-future-rages-at-dubai-meeting/article6016228/

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http://wcitleaks.org/
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Photo credit: Eve Fouché / http://www.flickr.com/efouche
http://www.flickr.com/photos/efouche/359658188/sizes/z/

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http://kiwi6.com/file/412343r14e
“
”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-03/vodafone-france-telecom-ordered-to-send-text-messages-in-egypt.html

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”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-03/vodafone-france-telecom-ordered-to-send-text-messages-in-egypt.html
http://kiwi6.com/file/412343r14e
“
The Armed Forces urge Egypt’s loyal men
to confront the traitors and the
criminals and to protect our families, our
honor and our precious Egypt

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“
Vodafone said at the time of the uprising
that it had no choice but to shut the
service down under the rules which allow
it or any other mobile operator to
provide a service in Egypt. Similar rules
exist in many other countries.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/9830229/Vodafone-under-fire-over-unmet-Egyptpledges.html

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“
British Foreign Secretary William Hague
yesterday issued a statement calling the
“abuse” of Internet and mobile-phone
networks “unacceptable and disturbing.”
”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-03/vodafone-france-telecom-ordered-to-send-text-messages-in-egypt.html

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg
idea
meanwhile in the UK his boss has got an

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so he, Prime Minister David Cameron, tells parliament that
“
the government is looking at banning
people from using social networking sites
such as Twitter and Facebook if they are
thought to be plotting criminal activity
”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/11/david-cameron-rioters-social-media

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and then they backtracked… for now?
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38. Photo credit: Imre Sol Hossen27 / http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_animal_warning_sign.jpg
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“
"Family First would consider a mandatory ISPbased filtering system that protects children by
blocking illegal content like child pornography,
but allows adults to opt out of filtering to access
material classified R18+ or less," said the party.
”
http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2008/10/australias-internet-filter-could-legal-content-be-banned-too/

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“
Australia continues to ignore its own governmentfunded studies from 2006 that show ISP-level filtering
to be ineffective and costly. The Australian government's
disregard for those prior studies suggests that the
driving force behind the current plan is more political
than technical.
”
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/10/net-filters-required-for-all-australians-no-opt-out/

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and then they backtracked… for now?
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IT-næringens interesseorganisasjon
“
The proposals urge Internet companies
to ban unwelcome activity through their
terms of service, but advise that these
“should not be very detailed”
http://www.edri.org/cleanIT
”

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“
the leaked document proposes the use of
terms of service to remove content “which is
fully legal”... although this is up to the “ethical
or business” priorities of the company in
question what they remove.
http://www.edri.org/cleanIT
”

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Sputnik 1 launched on October 4, 1957
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sputnik_asm.jpg

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“
A recent Supreme Court decision
increases pressure on Internet providers
to block websites without direct state
interference
”
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/court-ruling-ramps-up-pressure-on-internet-providers-to-block-content/471898.html

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“
The Supreme Court said … that Web
providers risk losing their licenses if they
fail to block access to sites with illegal
content.
”
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/court-ruling-ramps-up-pressure-on-internet-providers-to-block-content/471898.html

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and we go back to the UK...
“
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales
decided that Google could be considered
liable for comments posted on Blogger
unless it reacts promptly to a complaint
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number11.4/google-liable-comment-blogger-uk
”

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and then...
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1 court order*
+ Norwegian police
= “ordering” ISPs to block
*court order to seize all property

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2 Italians
+ 1 court order
+ Norwegian police
= 7000 user accounts
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capturing frequencies
...the police may, without seeking
authority in advance, make use of
frequencies assigned to mobile
networks...
http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/sd/dok/regpubl/prop/2012-2013/prop-69-l-20122013/12.html?id=715249
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55. ©
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©
©
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© Forbrukerrådet

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©
©
©+§
= surveillance
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©
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©
©+§
= access to info

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©
©
©+§
= blocking
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“
To support or legitimize piracy (either directly, by
supporting sites such as The Pirate Bay, or indirectly, for
example by making statements that could be interpreted as
legitimizing piracy) is in itself a serious attack on copyright
the name has been hidden to protect the guilty...
Det å støtte eller legitimere piratvirksomhet (enten direkte,
ved å støtte nettsteder som The Pirate Bay, eller indirekte, for
eksempel ved å komme med uttalelser som kan tolkes som
legitimering av piratvirksomhet) innebærer et alvorlig angrep
på opphavsretten.

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“
...Norwegian ISPs are completely irresponsible
and constitute a risk to society...
the name has been hidden to protect the guilty...
...norske ISPer er fullstendig uansvarlige,
og er en risiko for samfunnet rundt dem...

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and I haven’t even mentioned data retention...

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IT-næringens interesseorganisasjon
mattyp_ http://www.flickr.com/photos/96951910@N00/
Torgeir Waterhouse
Direktør internett og nye medier
tw@ikt-norge.no
@tawaterhouse
http://www.linkedin.com/in/tawaterhouse