Of course, the internet is not organized into "areas" that can be switched on and off. The internet was deliberately designed to be a globally integrated network, with everyone on the planet having access to content anywhere in the world — something our "brilliant people" would have told Trump if he'd actually asked any of them.
If we really wanted to exclude ISIS from the US internet, there is a model of how to do it: China's Great Firewall. That's the censorship regime the Chinese government uses to try to keep subversive ideas like democracy and human rights out of their country. In principle, we could adopt the same tactics here in the United States, building a virtual wall around the United States and filtering all of the information flowing in and out of the country to try to prevent jihadists from communicating with Americans.
And for this to work, we'd have to not only prevent ISIS members from posting on US websites but also prevent impressionable Americans from browsing websites the US government deems too ISIS-friendly. This would, of course, be a massive violation of the First Amendment, and Americans are unlikely to stand for the US government deciding which websites they're allowed to read.
I agree with everything but " Americans are unlikely to stand for the US government deciding which websites they're allowed to read." Frame it like trump did and people will go along with it.
That's a huge fucking problem. I refuse to support anti-1st amendment anything. You want to be censored like China? Because that's how you get censored like China.
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That's what they said about the no knock raids only will be used against drug gangs, that's what they said when the give NSA free reign, only will be used against terrorists.
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Of course, the internet is not organized into "areas" that can be switched on and off. The internet was deliberately designed to be a globally integrated network, with everyone on the planet having access to content anywhere in the world — something our "brilliant people" would have told Trump if he'd actually asked any of them.
If we really wanted to exclude ISIS from the US internet, there is a model of how to do it: China's Great Firewall. That's the censorship regime the Chinese government uses to try to keep subversive ideas like democracy and human rights out of their country. In principle, we could adopt the same tactics here in the United States, building a virtual wall around the United States and filtering all of the information flowing in and out of the country to try to prevent jihadists from communicating with Americans.
And for this to work, we'd have to not only prevent ISIS members from posting on US websites but also prevent impressionable Americans from browsing websites the US government deems too ISIS-friendly. This would, of course, be a massive violation of the First Amendment, and Americans are unlikely to stand for the US government deciding which websites they're allowed to read.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/12/16/10303256/donald-trump-internet-dumb
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I agree with everything but " Americans are unlikely to stand for the US government deciding which websites they're allowed to read." Frame it like trump did and people will go along with it.
[–] RedditIsPropaganda23 ago (edited ago)
That's a huge fucking problem. I refuse to support anti-1st amendment anything. You want to be censored like China? Because that's how you get censored like China.