Anonymous Coward User ID: 1298901 United States 03/16/2011 01:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech" "JULIAN Assange, the founder of controversial website WikiLeaks, today warned that the internet was the "greatest spying machine the world has ever seen" - and an obstacle to free speech. Speaking to students at Britain's prestigious Cambridge University, the former computer hacker claimed that the internet, particularly social networking sites such as Facebook, gave governments greater scope for snooping. "There was actually a Facebook revolt in Cairo three or four years ago," Assange explained. "It was very small ... After it, Facebook was used to round up all the principal participants and they were then beaten, interrogated and incarcerated. "So while the internet has in some ways an ability to let us know to an unprecedented level what government is doing ... it is also the greatest spying machine the world has ever seen," he added." [ link to www.news.com.au] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1279507 United States 03/16/2011 01:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech" I'm feeling dominated across a full spectrum |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1296446 United States 03/16/2011 01:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech" More and more, I think Mr. Assane is working for the bad guys. Too bad, but we still have Anonymous... I hope. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1298321 United States 03/16/2011 01:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech" I'm feeling dominated across a full spectrum
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1279507 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1279507 United States 03/16/2011 01:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech" More and more, I think Mr. Assane is working for the bad guys. Too bad, but we still have Anonymous... I hope.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1296446How do his statements play out then if this is the case? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1279507 United States 03/16/2011 01:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech" The BBC recently had, of all people, Noam Chomsky interviewed and he said almost the exactly the same thing. Not even NPR interviews Chomsky. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1279507 United States 03/16/2011 01:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech" |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1279507 United States 03/16/2011 01:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech" Oops, here's the right Chomsky link [ link to news.bbc.co.uk] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1297980 Netherlands 03/16/2011 02:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech" If I go out in the middle of the woods I can speak as freely as I like on any subject but only the trees, squirrels and birds will hear me. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1296446 United States 03/16/2011 02:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech"
If I go out in the middle of the woods I can speak as freely as I like on any subject but only the trees, squirrels and birds will hear me.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1297980And they care even less. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75848961 United States 12/12/2017 10:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Assange: "Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine' and obstacle to free speech" Our great America First POTUS will withdraw us from the Rockefeller's world-government-in-developmemt-- The United Nations-- (and get the U.N. out of the USA) any moment....
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