The Trouble With the Internet – The Epoch Times.
The Internet is at a crossroads and someone needs to figure out how to deal with it.
That’s roughly the reality facing the Global Commission on Internet Governance that met in Ottawa this week.
The Internet’s early days of promise have given way to rampant cyber crime, national security risks, and a growing sense of unease over identity theft even as net-connected devices transform our lives.
“Fears about human security have moved from the physical world to the virtual world,” said Fen Hampson, co-director of the commission.
Hampson told reporters in Ottawa on Monday that “a gaping trust deficit” plagues the Internet as citizens around the world grow more fearful that their online identities and messages will be compromised by “those who operate in the dark recesses of the Internet.”
It’s just one of the problems facing the future of the Internet that the commission is working to address.
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