The Information Counter-Revolution

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[Commentary] We have entered a new era -- one where our rights to connect and communicate are under constant siege by governments and corporations. It is the information counter-revolution.

The once democratic online world is giving way to a model where governments and powerful communications companies call the shots. In this new reality, Internet users have turned into data profiles and bargaining chips. A whole new surveillance industry has cropped up to provide governments with the tools to filter online content, break privacy-protecting encryption codes and aggregate and sort data on Internet users.

[Karr is Senior Director of Strategy, Free Press]


The Information Counter-Revolution