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General Category => Blog => Topic started by: kat on November 12, 2014, 04:49:38 AM

Title: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet
Post by: kat on November 12, 2014, 04:49:38 AM
Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet (http://www.whitehouse.gov/net-neutrality) {ObamaWhiteHouse.Archive.org (https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/323681) updated Dec 2017}

If the US classifies the Internet as a Utility it brings it under the control of, amongst other things, the Patriot Act (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-107hr3162enr/pdf/BILLS-107hr3162enr.pdf) and various National Security Acts (http://www.dhs.gov/national-infrastructure-protection-plan) & Policies (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resil) {OWH archive (https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resil)} already in place, or set to be amended or signed into being, that 'protect' various types of infrastructure - water, power, rail, road, gas, oil, communications etc. This is potentially more 'dangerous' (for want of a better word) because, given how reactionary some aspects of US Politics is, it could mean vested Interests (ISP's, RIAA, MPAA et al) simply lobbying (https://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contrib.php?id=N00009638) Government (http://influenceexplorer.com/organization/time-warner/faea1ecb4c2745c6a56a2a67a5069de3) (or influence peddling) to sign bills ordering them to filter or block the Internet, or Government ordering it for "National Security" reasons.

Additional Reading
 - Presidential Policy Directive -- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resil) {OWH archive (https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resil)}
 - National Infrastructure Protection Plan (http://www.dhs.gov/national-infrastructure-protection-plan)
 - EPA - Water: Legislation & Directives (http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/watersecurity/lawsregs/)
 - Patriot Act: Section 814 [pg.111] (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-107hr3162enr/pdf/BILLS-107hr3162enr.pdf)
 - White House blog - A Free and Open Internet: What You Need to Know About Net Neutrality (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/11/10/free-and-open-internet-what-you-need-know-about-net-neutrality) {OWH archive (https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/11/10/free-and-open-internet-what-you-need-know-about-net-neutrality)}
 - The UK Cyber Security Strategy Protecting and promoting the UK in a digital world (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/60961/uk-cyber-security-strategy-final.pdf)
 - UK Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - "Block Orders" (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/97A)
 - Open Rights Group: Content filtering by UK ISPs (https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Content_filtering_by_UK_ISPs)