Be Careful What You Say, Not Only What You Do!
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So I’m passing away my lunch break at work and I come across a post on the BBC website about Blogger arrests being at an all time high.
64 Bloggers have been arrested since 2003 and while the majority of these of from countries like China, Egypt and Iran (where the whole idea of the internet is flawed by restrictions and monitoring), the list includes British, French, American and Canadian Bloggers. The longest sentence stands at 8 years……….. for having an opinion!!
Of course my blog is not political or anything like that, whereas the majority of those arrested were, it makes you think! Blogs are a serious medium of communication and so very easily accessible nowadays; with people sharing huge amounts of information and points of view, where do you draw the line? I have always had my concerns about internet policing policies - with enough problems getting slapped by Google for example - but this opens my eyes further still!
I’ll ask you all for your thoughts on this subject….I firmly believe the internet should remain open and unrestricted by anyone. Do you? I’m not making this political and actually I have been reading a lot recently about a lot of bans sites being de-indexed from google so I’d like to draw your attention to that if I may. Peoples source of income vanished over night because google deems them to be of little value to it’s readers! Hey big G…how about you let the people decide that?
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zania
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I also believe the internet should remain free and open to all, but I fear it is not and I think it is only going to get worse.
It’s not just the countries we assume are placing restrictions on users either as that article demonstrates. In fact, the only difference I see is that the so-called ‘restrictive countries’ are being more open about the whole thing.But every new law we see enacted lately ‘to protect us’ which involves the internet, I personally think is set up with the sole intention of controlling our use of the net.
As you know, I work in adult, and I know for a fact that my websites are monitored. If I was a US citizen, I would be on the federal investigation list (most US adult bloggers are). And it’s not that any of us are posting illegal content either (we are actually, believe it or not, a moral bunch!), but the constant monitoring is beginning to make us ‘police each other’ and that’s not good news.
The UK too has recently passed restrictive new laws on advertising which effects our rights as affiliates (mainstream and adult) to privacy online. If you don’t mind looking at a page from my adult webmaster’s blog, check it out: http://makemoneymarketporn.com/ It’s the top post on my blog (I haven’t updated it in a few days…).
And as to ‘Big G’, don’t get me started… it’s a case of too much power being a damn bad thing!
June 16th, 2008 at 11:33 pm -
Piss Biscuit
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@ AP & Zania:
Well hi there! I know it’s been a while but I’ve had one crazy weekend so after a four hour nap today and my hellish Monday adventure, I decided to get all caught up on my daily ritual and start getting back into the groove of things.
Internet freedom is almost as touchy of a subject as talking about the presidential elections here in the United States! I agree 110% that the interenet should be free from regulation and random un-warranted policing by governing bodies, but I also understand a little bit about why they do what they do. The solution, is getting back to organic materials. Organic information. Real content!
In regard to the porn industry, I see no problem whatsoever with someone searching for women who like to do clowns. Or men who like to dress up like Tarzan and swing from electrical lines… as long as it’s organic. I don’t want to search for “Glassware” for my new house, and find “Two Girls One Cup”. I want fricken glassware!
If I search for l”How to set up an effective affiliate program”, I don’t want to be brought to “FullTiltBlogging”, I want to be brought to “TAP”. It’s simple really, but because webmasters have fallen into the “careless” category, governments, police agencies, and the big “G”, have all started “regulating” what we can and cannot do online.
If we would simply get back into organic content (not just on blogs) than the random, haphazard policing may slow down giving us the freedoms to say and do what we want once again. My two cents, but there you go!
Oh, and as an example… I’ve gotten offers to build adult websites… in fact, plenty of them. Everyone from college girls wanting to become rich showing off on film, to the guy in his basement taking pictures of his girlfriends… I’ve seen and hear of it all… but do you know how many websites I’ve been allowed to build? NONE! My bosses won’t let me touch the things “as a company project” because for fear of some sort of liability… I KNOW I wouldn’t be liable, but still… the owners are scared of the possible retribution.
Personally, I’d have fun building one
I think I’d be really good at it to. I’ve got a background in optimization, marketing and design… a dream for anyone selling the oldest and most profitable product in the world… sex.Okay that’s it I promise! It’s 6:30 am across the pond so I guess I’ll see you all in a few hours! - PB
June 17th, 2008 at 1:33 am
