Internet Privacy and Freedom Are Under Attack

I am very concerned that the right to privacy on the Internet is being lost as well as the last vestiges of Internet freedom. I have posted 5 videos below to help shed some light on the topic of Internet Freedom and Privacy being under attack. I chose the first video which follows because it explains net neutrality. It also explains that companies want to change the Internet access into something that resembles a cable channel package. By this I mean that you would have to pay to get access to the sites you want instead of the virtually unlimited access we have at this time. The question that might raise is how would that be different from now? Well, it would cost money to post any blog and the number of sites you could visit would be limited because not everyone can pay high rates to keep a Web site or a blog going which would in turn limit the number of choices of sites that you could even choose to visit. Imagine paying expensive price rates to visit each individual site you wanted to visit and how that would effect your Internet use and freedom of expression. Depending if companies care more about profit than freedom, your choices of Web sites available might be determined by which sites will make the company the most money. Please watch the first video now.

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The second video below I chose because it relates to the first video and puts things in perspective about why you should value your Internet freedom of access to a plethora of sites available and be concerned about Internet censorship. I compiled this video to make others aware of Internet censorship about a year ago.

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The third video that follows below was chosen because it explains about Cryptome.org, a whistle blower site that exposes documents that Internet providers and the government do not want published about the assisted spying between Internet search engines like Google, Yahoo and our government and law enforcement. I urge you to visit Cryptome.org and view the documents that are currently exposed. The documents will shock you to your very core because some of them read like a menu with prices available of customers data records and how long they keep records of sites you visit. A lot of big companies are selling your private data for a high profit without your knowledge to law enforcement or government and try to keep these facts a secret. Here is another document link for the type of user data that Yahoo keeps on it's customers. Click here to see the Yahoo data availability document. The records they keep in my opinion are the equivalent of a personal diary. Please check out the 3rd video below now.

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The serious of Internet Privacy is further explored and explained in this 4Th video by a Judge Napolitano explaining the latest threats to Internet privacy and why they are unconstitutional. Also explained is the type of information that is being collected.
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The last video that I have posted is also very serious which is about the internet spying program conducted by the NSA with the help of AT&T in America video. I decided to leave this video for last because it shows domestic spying on Americans due to the brave revealings of a whistle blower and some video comments by former President George W. Bush. For greater details, click on this link to visit the Electronic Frontier Foundation Web site which is a nonprofit foundation that is a defender of digital rights and supports Internet freedom.
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I hope to have alerted you about Internet spying and the attack upon our Internet freedom. Attacks upon your Internet privacy effect liberty. I cannot end this without one last link which is a short fictional story about lack of Internet privacy and freedom. Although fictional, I really hope you check it out and see how not standing up for Internet privacy and freedom could effect you. Click here for the short story and please support net neutrality.