From 44dacbe1861edf3a0f2e400b2ae0c6ee32eaf3c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Cliff Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 20:24:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ITU Death of Transit --- NEWS.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 828f47fe..4d6d4e0a 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -1,3 +1,14 @@ +*2019.02.01* + +* The global internet is rotting from within, and + +"In a not-so-distant future, if we're not there already, it may be that if you're +going to put content on the Internet you'll need to use a company with a giant +network like Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, or Alibaba." + +Net neutrality is but a skirmish in this larger struggle for control to monopolize all global digital communications. +https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/20181218/Documents/Geoff_Huston_Presentation.pdf + *2018.12.10* * "like this page on NSA/Facebook & allow Facebook to track you to prove you're a human being" From bf1a1294a075ada94dccf89a24d19c2153bd1d8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Cliff Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 20:26:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ITU Death of Transit --- what-to-do.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/what-to-do.md b/what-to-do.md index ccacd0fb..b8a1e9ad 100644 --- a/what-to-do.md +++ b/what-to-do.md @@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ Let's talk about _other software's privacy_... - For companies that claim to _offer service on their website_ try reporting them as "_false advertising_" to consumer protection organizations and BBB. Cloudflare websites are served by Cloudflare servers. +- the [ITU](https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/20181218/Documents/Geoff_Huston_Presentation.pdf) suggest in the US context that Cloudflare is starting to get big enough that antitrust law might be brought down upon them. \ No newline at end of file