This is an amazing article that illustrates precisely what is going on with the state of the Internet.  It highlights how an unlikely aligningof goals from the likes of Apple, Internet Service Providers (i.e. Comcast) and China, among others are threatening our ability to easily access information.

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theeconomist:

Tomorrow’s cover today: The internet’s openness is uner threat. But the crisis can still be averted.

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    Tomorrow’s cover today: The internet’s openness is uner threat. But the crisis can still be averted.

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    This is an amazing article that illustrates precisely what is going on with the state of the Internet. It highlights how...

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    This article was interesting. The term `www’ used to stand for `world wide web’, but this article says `walled wide...

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    dead” meme spreads….

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    nice cover, it says it all.

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    Looking forward to reading this article when I get my Economist tomorrow....and net...

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    I’ve got to issue a concurring opinion to this...story’s conclusions:

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    “The web’s new walls: How the threats to the

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