The Internet is Free
Today in class we talked about how the internet is not owned by one company/person and it does not have a core. No one is really filtering what goes on the internet; anyone can share their there information. This makes it easier for people to gain knowledge and access an unlimited amount of information at your fingertips. Originally, the internet was made this way as a precaution so no one person/country could use it against us and wipe it out.
In my opinion, this is very important. I don’t believe that any one person/company should be able to have a complete monopoly over something that is as powerful as the internet. Although many argue that we are always being monitored by the government through the internet. This is both comforting and kind of just creepy. On one hand, it is comforting because so many people want to attack the United States and many attempts are detected and put to a stop because the government monitors the internet. On the other hand, it is alarming because it seems like we are always being monitored. If you think about it our iPhones are always listening, waiting for the command “Hey Siri”.