Love For the Internet!!!

The invention of the internet has given society a unique and useful form of communication in today's day and age. It has become the new medium of technology in households worldwide, and is used more frequently then its previous popular medium, the television. The internet has grown so immense over the world that currently 352 million households worldwide have some short of broadband connection. From its invention the internet has been seen as a democratic and socialistic way to communicate with others around the world, giving users the freedom to do what the want, when they want. However most recently a issue known as "Net Neutrality" has quietly begun a debate on how the internet should be run. With hints of government control and online monitoring near, many believe the internet can see an overtake by government rule and certain restrictions on what can be viewed in the near future. It is a fact that every time a new medium appears it offers potential for cooperate ownership and control over sites on the internet, thus currently 60 percent of internet is now owned by corporations and the trend appears to be quickly increasing. These companies wish to Threaten and to lock down the medium. In my opinion I believe not enough people know about the concerning issues of Net Neutrality because the government tries to cover up the evidence the best that they can and warning of the issues such as downloading of the internet are an issue, yet action never seems to be taken, thus we think of the internet being taken over as an afterthought.

The fact of the matter is in today's society cooperation and billion dollar companies are always looking for ways to become more rich and powerful. They wish to accomplish this by locking up thinks such as downloading various forms of media and forcing consumers to pay for it, even though artists make enough money through concerts, advertisements, and propaganda. If this is the future of democratic society, where we were once free to make choices and roam the internet freely, the outlook doesn't appear to bright. Our freedom too obtain and use any from of medium that comes out is taken over by greedy companies and government rule , forgetting that we as humans are built free and should be able to use our rights accordingly, action must be taken as society paints a future that consist of imminence government control of the internet similar to the situation currently in china and other poor countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq. An example of to much government control can be seen in the story of the man living in Afghanistan, where downloading is completely illegal. The man wished to download a copy a charter of rights and freedoms his friend send him over the internet, but was killed wants the government found out about the news. The issue of government control over the internet I believe has gone to far and must be stopped or situations such as the man in Afghanistan can escalate and lead to more problems in the future. As a society we must realize that the internet is a useful tool for knowledge, and communication and is cherished for what it is worth, if we let the government get away with this, there is no telling what the future holds for society, and the electronic world we live in.