links for 2008-03-09

• Controlling the Net - How Hard Could it Be?
  "Is it possible to control the internet or the free flow of information? It's a question that could easily be dismissed as a fools errand. Yet, in the span of a month, there has been a noticeable number of interesting attempts to do so. Clearly, there are
  (tags: censorship surveillance privacy freespeech)

Comments

[Catherine Morgan]

I wanted you to know, that I nominated you for Women's Voices Making History. Your blog is on my list of over 300 women blogging about politics, and I am currently going through it, and nominating blogs that I think are most worthy. Anyone can nominate a blogger, so if you have others you would like to nominate, all you have to do is go to the site at Women's Voices, Women Vote. :-)

Best,

Catherine

[mahathir_fan]

how does a blog that mostly have just links to other websites get nominated for what sounds like a really prestigious award?

[mahathir_fan]

This article only refers to direct control of the internet.

What it fails to address is that numerous agenda-seeking groups that are controlling the net indirectly. By linking to each other's site, by putting high ratings on each other's video, they give their websites a higher chance that they will score a high page link on search engines.

By manipulating the search engine, they are manipulating and thus controlling the information available on the internet - indirectly.