The Biggest Problem with the Internet
Governments can mess with it at will, which is unacceptable. Let me give you a few examples. First the scary one, China has demonstrated the power to intercept the internet at will. If they (or any other government really) ever decides to it would be trivial to temporarily block access to large segments of the internet and cause massive confusion, or to tamper with and sniff traffic moving through the internet.
As another example, Egypt has just turned off access to the internet for its citizens. That's right they flipped a switch and now nobody can talk to them and they can't talk to us. Don't think either of these are possible? Here's more of an explanation.
And of course if you don't care about Egypt, how about an example that's a little closer to home? Did you know that America's ICE has decided that it owns the internet? Before you try to defend the move and say they had the right to block sites like they did, you'd better brush up on some legalities. Looks like they had no credible evidence. (And do you honestly think that America has the right to take down international sites that have nothing to do with us?)
Now I don't know about you, but the internet is pretty important to me. And it seems like quite a few people agree with me, Finland has made access to the internet a basic right! We need a new internet, one without anybody in charge to censor things. Making one won't be easy, but it's the only way we can defend our rights.
And don't even get me started on net neutrality :P
Update:
It appears a few other people have also had this idea.
