{"id":9883,"date":"2012-04-16T08:03:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T06:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=9883"},"modified":"2012-04-16T14:07:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T12:07:38","slug":"google-freedom-online-is-under-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/9883\/google-freedom-online-is-under-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Google: freedom online is under threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the Internet’s creation are facing their greatest-ever threat, the co-founder of Google<\/a> Sergey Brin<\/a> said in an interview published by Britain’s Guardian newspaper on Monday.<\/p>\n

Brin said the threat to freedom of the Internet came from a combination of factors, including increasing efforts by governments to control access and communication by their citizens.<\/p>\n

Brin said attempts by the entertainment industry to crack down on piracy, and the rise of “restrictive” walled gardens such as Facebook<\/a> and Apple<\/a>, which tightly control what software can be released on their platforms, were also leading to greater restrictions on the Internet.<\/p>\n

“There are very powerful forces that have lined up against the open Internet on all sides and around the world,” Brin was quoted as saying. “I am more worried than I have been in the past. It’s scary.”<\/p>\n

He said he was concerned by efforts of countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Iran to censor and restrict use of the Internet.<\/p>\n

Brin said the rise of Facebook and Apple, which have their own proprietary platforms and control access to their users, risked stifling innovation and balkanizing the web.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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