{"id":619,"date":"2005-09-08T11:51:33","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T15:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=619"},"modified":"2009-04-12T21:02:49","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T01:02:49","slug":"a-us-national-firewall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/09\/08\/a-us-national-firewall\/","title":{"rendered":"A U.S. National Firewall?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Bruce Schneier’s blog:<\/a><\/p>\n

Government has the right — even the responsibility — to see that its laws and regulations are enforced. The Internet is no exception. When the Internet is being used on American soil, it should comply with American law. And if it doesn’t, then the government should be able to step in and filter the illegal sites and activities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, because nationalism is better than a unified, global information network. People often say that the Internet erases boundaries – but apparently, the U.S. Government likes<\/em> its boundaries very much, and wants to keep them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yeah, because nationalism is better than a unified, global information network. People often say that the Internet erases boundaries – but apparently, the U.S. Government likes its boundaries very much, and wants to keep them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-9Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":739,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/05\/09\/net-neutrality\/","url_meta":{"origin":619,"position":0},"title":"Net Neutrality","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 9, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I think \"Net Neutrality\" is vitally important - and here's why.","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":307,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/11\/16\/fcc-shit\/","url_meta":{"origin":619,"position":1},"title":"FCC shit","author":"Keith Survell","date":"November 16, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"The FCC needs to get a grip.","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":434,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/03\/31\/internet-study-finished-after-7-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":619,"position":2},"title":"Internet study finished – after 7 years","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 31, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I find this particularly amusing, given some of the conclusions of the report. 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