True, what's his future Internet; Among the projects of global surveillance, the spread of censorship in our lives, the tightening of control over the Web, and the increased power of online companies that influence we do, it's not so easy to remain optimistic about the future of the internet.
The big internet blackouts we've seen lately in warring countries, censorship masquerading as a protective force in the UK and US, CISPA and SOPA, the feckless and naive attempts to stop the flow of sharing files από τις επιχειρήσεις αντί να ασχολούνται με τον πυρήνα του του προβλήματος, μια εύκολη οδό πρόσβασης περιεχομένου, και τους κανονισμούς που προωθούν αυτοί που δεν καταλαβαίνουν τίποτε από το διαδίκτυο, ειλικρινά φαίνεται να οδηγούν όλα στον έλεγχο του διαδικτύου.
These are the factors, not the cybercrime or hacking, which will be the biggest threat on the internet in the next 20 years, according to experts.
More than 1.400 experts - academics and tech professionals - believe that governments and businesses have the greatest potential to change the face of the internet, according to a new study by research firm Internet Pew and the American Life Project, published on Thursday. not for the better.
The research firm (.PDF) asked these professionals to answer the question of what will be the most threatening influences on the internet through 2025. While many experts said that technological innovation will create jobs, economic boost and provide more opportunities to the people around the world, there were many concerns "that the actions of governments" will lead to more blocks, filters, fragmentation and censorship of the Internet.
These control efforts should be – and already are – for security and political reasons. The report notes that Internet regulation is widespread in countries where relevant regimes have faced protests, such as in Egypt and Turkey, και οι χώρες αυτές μπλόκαραν την πρόσβαση στο διαδίκτυο για τον έλεγχο της ροής πληροφοριών και την πάταξη της επικοινωνίας, εφόσον ήταν απειλή για αυτούς. Επιπλέον, η Κίνα χρησιμοποιεί το “Great Firewall” για να περιορίσει τη ροή των πληροφοριών και τις ανασταλτικές φωνές των διαφωνούντων.
According to Pew, the second threat to the future of the internet is the lack of trust in governments in the wake of Snowden's revelations and the fear of more surveillance in the future. Of course, Edward Snowden and his revelations about the National Security Service (NSA) have brought to the fore, many issues of privacy protection and, according to experts, may lead to the limitation of data and knowledge sharing on the Internet. Web governance issues and data breaches may hamper the future of businesses by seeking security.
The third threat mentioned in the report is that trade pressures and business affect user experience. The rush to make money off the internet could hurt open internet access in the future.
A recent example is the Internet Neutrality principle that can lead to user killing and the overcompensation of companies providing Internet services.
Finally, the "TMI" - too much information - problem will lead to surprisingly little information online. In other words, filtering efforts to control the flow of information to make it more manageable could have the opposite effect, and restrictions on consumer flows could be imposed.
You can read the survey here. (PDF)
