Web inventor says governments stifling net freedom

Web inventor says governments stifling net freedom (Update): ""The dream is of a more open web," Berners-Lee told the gathering in the Swiss ski resort, citing social media as a way of breaking down barriers.But he said the recent suicide of Aaron Swartz, a 26-year-old US Internet activist who faced charges of illegally copying and distributing millions of academic articles, highlighted government efforts to police the Internet."He downloaded a lot and so the secret service in the US decided that he was a hacker. For them that isn't the term of great praise that it is when I use it. For me a hacker is someone who is creative and does wonderful things," he said."

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Political Prisoners - Leakers, Hackers and Activists

Aaron Swartz is apparently more dangerous than the men who ruined the nation's economy . . . 

The New Political Prisoners: Leakers, Hackers and Activists | Rolling Stone: " . . . . Manning may be America's most famous political prisoner – but he's far from the only one. From environmentalists to hackers to whistleblowers, the U.S. government has made a policy of charging and convicting a wide range of activists across the country. To the FBI, an information transparency activist like the late Aaron Swartz is apparently more dangerous than the men who ruined the nation's economy . . . ."


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