UK Government Wants To Kill Net Neutrality In EU

Glyn Moody writes "Not content with snooping on all Internet activity, the UK government now wants to introduce changes to the contentious EU Telecoms Package, which will kill net neutrality in the EU: 'Amendments to the Telecoms Package circulated in Brussels by the UK government, seek to cross out users' rights to access and distribute Internet content and services. And they want to replace it with a "principle" that users can be told not only the conditions for access, but also the conditions for the use of applications and services. The amendments, if carried, would reverse the principle of end-to-end connectivity which has underpinned not only the Internet, but also European telecommunications policy, to date.' To add to the irony, an accompanying text cuts and pastes from Wikipedia, without attribution."

Comments

Re:thank you sir, may I have another

[Anonymous Coward]

And America is moving that way, where government can control all aspects of life and we are allowing it.

Will we let it continue? Will America be the next to kill Net Neutrality?

Re:thank you sir, may I have another

[0123456]

Shouldn't you go to the UK before writing it off, rather than doing so based on a "UK is a policestate" meme on slashdot?

I used to live in the UK, and fled across the Atlantic a couple of years ago when I realised the country was rapidly being turned into a police state by a government of despicable scum who I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire. The only hope Britain has is that the recession bankrupts the government and prevents them from completing their goal of turning it into a third-world banana republic.

Re:Another brick

[BitZtream]

Nutjob much?

Governments abuse their people.

No, people abuse people, governments like companies are not people and have no free will of their own. Attempting to treat the government like it is not made up of people is contributing to the very problem you are bitching about.

You do have a point though. If I a am good little productive unit, don't rock the boat, vote for the right party, and know my place, it's a good chance that I won't have any problems with the people that are in government.

If the government is half as corrupt as you think it is, your vote won't matter. They'll just make sure your choices are all suitable for their purposes. You're a horrible nutjob, put some effort into it if you're going to spew this stuff.

That's a logical fallacy. Just because you don't understand how "things" work on the Internet and you cannot see the people causing those affects, does not mean that the Internet has less of an effect. Both the real world and the Internet needs to be regulated within reason.

Just because you think the Internet effects everything doesn't make it so. The Internet effects very little directly. People make the Internet effect things. Its nice that you can blame a computer network for the actions taken by humans.

Now that's just factually incorrect. One of the greatest concerns about devices connected on the Internet is that it can be abused and have fatal affects in the world. What about municipal utilities? Water supplies? Manipulating police agencies to get SWAT called out to a house fraudulently and they kill a 90 year old grandmother? Aside from fatal situations, there is plenty of damage that can occur to people, corporations, and countries from simply manipulating the Internet.

I'm not sure what universe you've been living in, but this 'threat' happened 40 years ago. Before the Internet it could be done over a modem or with a telephone. Practically the same system. Instead of wardialing IPs you had to wardial phone numbers, otherwise its just a big network. Nothing on the Internet is really new, its just a rehash of something thats been done some where before.

Double standards are never justified. Not ever. A double standard means that we are not being treated equal.

I hate people like you. Heres a fucking hint, we aren't all equal. If we were equal everyone would look, think, and act the same. We don't. We are different. We AREN'T all equal. The whole concept that we are all equal is just as retarded as a person with Downs syndrome. The difference is the person with Downs is smart enough to know that we aren't all equal. Its funny, why does he get called retarded, but you don't? Seems like he/she is far more clueful than you. I could probably though up double standard after double standard intended to reduce differences between minorities, but those are okay right? Don't pull this 'no double standards' bullshit, its an unrealistic stupid idea.

We should have complete privacy both on the Internet and in the real world. Especially from the government

You do have privacy, and it works the same way it always has ... YOU DON'T FUCKING BROADCAST THINGS YOU WANT TO KEEP PRIVATE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD! Why is this such a hard concept for people to grasp? Don't want anyone to know? Don't tell anyone! Its VERY simple. Don't bitch because the government happens to watch you as you broadcast 'private' information over a public network. That makes you a complete moron. Whats next, you'll go into a crowded room and yell 'I'm a homosexual!!' and then bitch that the government didn't prevent the whole room from hearing you say it with some retarded law? Really?

You need to stand up and take responsibility for your portion of the world you live in. Your post just shows