Topic internet censorship
Controlling The Web
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In January 2012, two controversial pieces of legislation were making their way through the United States Congress. SOPA, the "Stop Online Piracy Act", and PIPA, the "Protect Intellectual Property Act", were meant to 'crack down' on the illegal sharing of digital media. The laws were drafted on request of the 'content industry' -- Hollywood studios and major record labels. But websites reacted against the government to speak out against SOPA, and the bill was effectively killed off after the largest online 'protest' in history. But it was only one win in a long battle between authorities and online users over Internet regulation. SOPA and PIPA were just the latest in a long line of 'anti-piracy' legislation that governments have been pressing since the 1990s. Can and should the internet be controlled? Who gets that power? How far will the United States government go to control the Internet?
The Virtual Revolution
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20 years on from the invention of the World Wide Web, The Virtual Revolution explores how the Internet is reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. But what is really going on behind this reshaping? The founding father of the Web, Tim Berners-Lee, believed his invention would remain an open frontier that nobody could own, and that it would take power from the few and give it to the many. So how do these utopian claims stand today? Have the possibilities of the technology been constrained purposefully by corporations and distorted by government?
The Tank Man
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5th June 1989, Tiananmen Square, Beijing. After weeks of mass killing, oppression and violence by the Chinese government against it's own people, the image of a lone man standing defiant with his shopping to a line of tanks still lives on...
The World According to Google
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With its motto ‘Don’t be evil’, Google claims it has the best intentions. But there are also claims that Google is slowly turning into ‘Big Brother’, keeping track of users and continuously making decisions about the information it provides. Will Google turn out to be the new Library of Alexandria, serving as the great collector that brings the world’s information to everyone? Or is it a monopolistic, Ministry-Of-Truth-type corporation that challenges the very freedom of information?