They are NOT private corporations in the traditional sense, but GOVERNMENT-(i.e. people)-funded and founded SPYING OPERATIONS. We can't apply standard practice to these monstrosities.
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They are NOT private corporations in the traditional sense, but GOVERNMENT-(i.e. people)-funded and founded SPYING OPERATIONS. We can't apply standard practice to these monstrosities.
Totally agree, but the problem is more that the Government even has the authority to request all of that Data with a blanket warrant for an entire country, in my opinion.
On regulating ISPs I'm willing to compromise because the barrier to entry on the market is too big for freedom alternatives to be in place, but Facebook, Google, Youtube and similar services we use entire voluntarely, and could just as easily switch to an alternative.
The heart of libertarianism is that the Government is not supposed to protect us from ourselves.
We ARE moving, slowly, as a people, away from those to less-censored alternatives. Unfortunately, the swamp will eventually be forced to find ways to censor those alternatives as well, or to just "kill switch" the internet.
If they move to censor the alternatives, we'll have the moral highground and absolute duety to resist their encrosion upon our free will.
I hope on the fact that they need the internet too much for their surveillance state global infrastructure to just kill-switch it, I'd think they may use that as a last resort if things really get out of hand for them.
It all depends, of course. Keep an eye on the degree to which the Julian Assange case is successfully pursued by the swamp. A lot will hinge on that...
That will set a strong precedent indeed
Wouldn't it though? I hope they slap those local bureaRATS down, HARD.
Is this what you had in mind ?