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Story: Ashdown: Internet is a 'lawless space'

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Yes it is, and that's the way it should stay

Yes, the Internet is a lawless place, and thank god for that too. The reality is that with encrypted communications and TOR networks, criminals who know what they're doing will still be able to communicate freely. Of course these same technologies allow dissidents in oppressive regimes to keep their struggle going, and allow whistleblowers to uncover the bad things done more often than not by the same governments and big corporations who want more control over the internet. Apologies Mr. Ashdown, but I'm not falling for it.

The Internet MUST remain free from any governmental or pseudo-governmental oversight and control, otherwise it will become a tool for oppression. Trying to regulate the Internet under the guise of added security is just the thin end of the wedge for western governments, a few of which must wish they could control the web in the same way as China, Iran etc

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