Hacker News with Generative AI: Internet Freedom

ProtonVPN: Site Blocking Is an Attack on Users' Online Freedom (torrentfreak.com)
In France, rightsholders have taken legal action to get large VPN providers on board with their pirate site blocking program. The aim is to prevent circumvention of existing blocking measures in place to reduce widespread copyright infringement. From the VPN provider's perspective, site blocking threatens online freedom. Swiss provider ProtonVPN describes blocking as 'a dangerous attack on Internet freedom on the altar of corporate greed'.

VPNs, Internet Freedom, Copyright, France, Digital Rights

5 points by hn_acker 4 days ago | 0 comments

Internet freedom is fading in the new era of social control (bigthink.com)
Twenty years ago, the internet was a medium liberating people from state control. Now, the internet is increasingly seen as a threat triggering calls to restore state control over online behavior. The latest twist in this trend is the growing demand to criminally prosecute both users and platforms for unacceptable speech or behavior. How did we get here?

Internet Freedom, Social Control, Censorship, Online Behavior

7 points by pseudolus 99 days ago | 0 comments

Aaron Swartz Day 2024 (aaronswartzday.org)
Aaron would have been 38 years old on Friday, November 8th, 2024.

Anniversaries, Activism, Technology, Internet Freedom

14 points by mastazi 104 days ago | 0 comments

We're building a statue of Aaron Swartz (aaronstatue.org)
This statue reminds us all that the internet, once a beacon of free expression and open access to information, is under siege. Freedom of speech, privacy, and the right to share knowledge are increasingly threatened by powerful forces seeking to control and censor the digital world.

Internet Freedom, Activism, Censorship, Digital Rights

96 points by pablopeniche 143 days ago | 25 comments