Internet freedom, licenses and unchecked email address

[ArtphotoasiA]

To avoid misunderstanding let me say first of all that internet is free and must be free forever… also I think that from now on the net must seriously auto regulate itself to avoid big problems from politic in the near future…

I’m reading and thinking a lot about the freedom and democracy on the net, here in Italy (as probably someone of you know) we got quite an issue on that when after someone in Milan breaking security punched with a souvenir our prime minister face. Immediately through Face book and others social networks tons of groups was formed pro/against the fact and pro/against who did it. Now some politician wants close groups and social networks… or similar idiocy… the debate is wide open. Beside this local issue also in the international scenarios freedom and internet are very intimately connected as you see in Iran’s daily news.

I’m also reading and thinking a lot about the endless spam, the scams, the hyip, the others illegal business that no one check till they make disasters or rob people. Freedom means that anyone should be able to post his/her own opinion but also it means responsibility… freedom is power ad with great powers comes great responsibilities.

I’m a private owner of a website… and as many serious provider also mine I guess will immediately disclose my data and details if any investigation occur. I think this is normal and correct.

After I said the above let me underline that this does not happen with social networks where anyone can register open a blog or a forum or a group without anyone knows actually who he/she is. The main strong point of social networks, their force, is the total freedom, but if not well managed can be also their genetic weakness. At the top level there is always a free email… a free email address that no one have checked (yahoo – gmail – hotmail) with a free email address anyone can do whatever wanted. Is quite obvious that more we all are going forward more internet is not a game, is serious, an email can be used for bad and for good. It will be so undemocratic that before open an email addresses ISP will ask me copy of some ID card or something to check my identity?

- Free email address should continue to be unchecked?

The spread of knowledge is all but with billions on internet users… why not to start to really teach to people how to use internet.? Will be so undemocratic that before use internet I must have some kind of internet license covering my ID and covering the fact that I know how to use several tools (like a kind of driving license)?

- There should be a kind of license to use internet?

[bottleonbeach]

interesting post.. I think people should be free to create their own online identity.. have you heard of a company called "secondlife"? as long as it does not hurt nobody.. people should be free to think whatever that pleases them.. online true identity is a silly notion... whatever they put it online is a mere *expression* that does not have to be fixed like offline world.

[ArtphotoasiA]

a lot of damage is already been done!

see SPAM
see SCAM
see PEDO...

all of those will be reasons for govs to put rules to the NET and we all will prefer a serious autoregulation but must exist we must agree and must be SERIOUS.

I like forums becasue it exists a serious regulations with rules well managed, I do not like so called ''community'' where people speak of everything and nothing... with no rules.... this is not real freedom just an idea or real freedom and is just going nowhere because everyone finally just shout and very rarely you can find something really interesting.



my 2 cents