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A comment on Tim Berners-Lee unveils plan to save the web. Parent comment
> That's because they have such strong motivations to keep things as they are, and even make them worse.
And the EU, Britain, US, etc don't?
I know it's hard to believe, the leader of internet censorship isn't in China, Russia or Iran. It's in europe.
"Germany’s Online Crackdowns Inspire the World’s Dictators"
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/06/germany-online-crackdow...
And the leaders of tech censorship isn't in China, it's in the US since major tech companies are in the US.
This is like saying Iran is the biggest polluter because they produce oil.
> That's because they have such strong motivations to keep things as they are, and even make them worse.
And the EU, Britain, US, etc don't?
I know it's hard to believe, the leader of internet censorship isn't in China, Russia or Iran. It's in europe.
"Germany’s Online Crackdowns Inspire the World’s Dictators"
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/06/germany-online-crackdow...
And the leaders of tech censorship isn't in China, it's in the US since major tech companies are in the US.