3 Judges Hold The Fate Of The Internet In Their Hands; Net Neutrality

[Bgood]

Next week, a federal appeals court in Washington will hear one of its biggest cases of the year, one whose outcome will directly affect how Internet providers can alter your experience online.

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[lundbaek]

Thanks, Bgood, for the reminder of this issue which I have not been paying attention to. My general ignorance of cyber communication is such that I don't understand the mechanisms by which any correspondence can be censored. If I am correct in what little I do understand, it appears that, for example, if I wrote a message to another person, or posted a message of a forum like this one, if some party objected to that message it could be deleted by that party. Do understand that much correctly ?

[Magus]

My understanding of this topic is that it's about whether or not search engines like Google can deliberately filter and censor your internet searches so that they are tailored to their liking, thus exercising great control over what you are exposed to and how you perceive the world.

[JohnnyL]

My understanding of this topic is that it's about whether or not search engines like Google can deliberately filter and censor your internet searches so that they are tailored to their liking, thus exercising great control over what you are exposed to and how you perceive the world.

They do that anyway. Google has gone downhill over the years with search results, and it's telling.

[carbon dioxide]

My only thought is that with so many people addicted to the internet that if any group of judges, politicians, ect do something that fundamentally changes the internet experience, that is something that will get all people regardless of race, politics, religion, age, ect up and arms and come down on the powers that be. That is a hornets nest the government will want to avoid it it wants to avoid massive disruption in society.

[Dash jones]

My understanding of this topic is that it's about whether or not search engines like Google can deliberately filter and censor your internet searches so that they are tailored to their liking, thus exercising great control over what you are exposed to and how you perceive the world.

They do that anyway. Google has gone downhill over the years with search results, and it's telling.

I google a LOT. I will say that Google has edited a LOT of their search results and as such, I also use other search engines that don't edit their search results like Google.

[A Random Phrase]

Dash jones, what search engines would you recommend?

[Dash jones]

Well, it's hard to find ones that really give you extra results, many of them seem to piggy back off of google. I tend to use duckduckgo on some searches (also, it supposedly doesn't report your searches and stuff to governments). Many that use webspiders (the spider search approach) can also be good ones...