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Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information (open.substack.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My thoughts on the #futureoftheinternet, #digitalfreedom, #freedomofinformation, and #accessibility--with some #FOSS and #anarchy thrown in, of course.

I absolutely welcome comments and feedback offered in good will from the informed minds gathered in this particular digital space #Lemmy #Fediverse #keepsmesane

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I absolutely agree, but I don't think it's too much to say that digital freedom and more important access to the internet and the various tools it offers played a starring roll in the Arab Spring.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Internet access on third world countries (at least in mine... I live in Brazil) is mostly Whatsapp/Facebook and sometimes other sponsored stuff, not the actual open Internet. Mobile telecoms usually offer packages with free access to that corporate-driven sh*t and a few GBs of traffic to other stuff. I'd hazard that this is true elsewhere on poor countries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a real challenge in large portions of the world. So many national governments are perfectly happy with a corporatized, compartmentalized internet--and willing to pass legislation to keep it that way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Indeed. And it's kinda hard imagining things getting better, since most politicians are corrupt fucks under the payroll of either national or foreign big money. The only hope I have is people's revolution, Marxist style... but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Maybe things will turn this way when our climate catastrophe starts to really rear its ugly head, but who knows? It might even go in the opposite direction, with the fascism blight we're suffering reaching critical mass.