{"id":2111,"date":"2014-11-27T06:36:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T11:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2014-11-27T06:36:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T11:36:37","slug":"the-trouble-with-the-internet-the-epoch-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2111","title":{"rendered":"The Trouble With the Internet &#8211; The Epoch Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/1107329-the-trouble-with-the-internet\/\">The Trouble With the Internet &#8211; The Epoch Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">The Internet is at a crossroads and someone needs to figure out how to deal with it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">That\u2019s roughly the reality facing the Global Commission on Internet Governance that met in Ottawa this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">The Internet\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u201cFears about human security have moved from the physical world to the virtual world,\u201d said Fen Hampson, co-director of the commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Hampson told reporters in Ottawa on Monday that \u201ca gaping trust deficit\u201d plagues the Internet as citizens around the world grow more fearful that their online identities and messages will be compromised by \u201cthose who operate in the dark recesses of the Internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">It\u2019s just one of the problems facing the future of the Internet that the commission is working to address.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trouble With the Internet &#8211; The Epoch Times. The Internet is at a crossroads and someone needs to figure out how to deal with it. That\u2019s roughly the reality facing the Global Commission on Internet Governance that met in Ottawa this week. 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