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does anyone worry government internet restriction could be on the way?

and is there anything that can be done against it ? i saw two worrying stories recently , one on the news night program on bbc2 and the other right here on the yahoo answers blog . i fear that these stories and announcements are false reasons put forward by big corporations and big government , false excuses and fabricated reasons to cease control on the internet ? here was the story on the news night program ; Unprotected home computers vulnerable to hijack http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9393765.stm ''Protect your home computer or you could unwittingly help to launch a cyber attack, experts are warning. They say the rise in such attacks risks undermining critical national infrastructure and the future of the global economy. '' Botnets, or infected computers, whether in a citizen's personal computer or a corporate computer, are being used to launch these DDoS attacks against key industries and against governments Melissa Hathaway, former White House cyber tsar '' An infected computer could be part of a botnet without you knowing or realising, so the more you protect your own assets the less the risk is that your computer is part of a botnet, the smaller the potential of botnets are, and the smaller any of the future attacks would be '' Cyber terrorism Proposal for rules of engagement to be put to world leaders Proposal for cyber war rules of engagement http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9386445.stm thats just a small bit i included from those news article , you really must read it to realise the full danger. and on the yahoo answers blog : Stay safe online with Yahoo! On February 8, 2011, Yahoo! will be joining forces with INSAFE, to celebrate Safer Internet Day and to help raise awareness about safety online. plus yahoo announced that soon you will be able to log in yahoo answers from a google account like you have to do on youtube . i really do fear that these are coordinated efforts by the government and corporations to '' control, regulate '' the internet ? stay safe online ? sign in to yahoo answers with a google account ? - is this not the internet and websites becoming more restricted and controlled ? no longer the free open net ? - none of these internet policies were around on yahoo answers in 2005 / 2006/ 2007 - so why now ?

Public Comments

1. Though i respect the law and authority as the righteous measure of societal influence in the world, i refuse to be intimidated by threats to take away my freedoms. Let them try, i say.
2. we all saw what happened in Egypt when they tried to do that,we are a nation of approx.300 million people ,it wouldn't be wise for the US government to try something like that
3. Obama and his liberal progressive socialist administration want to control all aspects of our lives, Total Control is their agenda. Vote them out or the US will become a socialist nation. They have been trying to pass legislation to limit and control the Internet.
4. No right wing government is going to impose restrictions on their paymasters.
5. "When the people fear the government there is tyranny but when the government fear the people you have liberty" This quote is often attributed to Thomas Jefferson. The internet is among our greatest freedoms and governments interfere with it at their peril as Egypt has shown.