The great WikiLeaks scandal has less to do with the publication of state secrets from US Embassies around the world and their threat to national security and more with how the secrets got out in the first place.
Undoubtly, it's embarrassing to read on the Internet what senior state leaders think about each other, but the fact the information got out in the first place is of much greater concern.
For the telecommunications industry, and Net Neutrality Principle in particular, the fragile arguments in its favor have totally collapsed in a matter of days. Yes, many countries already practise some form of net censorship; but having US
How hypocritical will it now be for regulators (such as FCC) to foist for Net Neutrality on the telecommunication industry when governments have resorted to extreme measures in the case of WikiLeaks?
Indisputably, it is the very independence of the internet that is now most under threat.
How hypocritical will it now be for regulators (such as FCC) to foist for Net Neutrality on the telecommunication industry when governments have resorted to extreme measures in the case of WikiLeaks?
Indisputably, it is the very independence of the internet that is now most under threat.
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