Anti-Internet Hall of Shame

In the beginning, the Internet was a fun place where freedom reigned. Now, those despoilers of public space, the capitalist corporations, and their cronies are on a mission to take the free out of "internet freedom." We believe that corporations have no free speech rights and that intellectual property is a joke. We're also pretty tired of the folks who want to censor what YOU want to look at on the Internet, be it from school, work, home or at the library. They only way we can get rid of these evil people is to fight back!

Trademark Protection

The following companies spy on websites for their corporate clients or they sell software or services that aid corporations.

Cyveillance

How you can fight back

Erode corporate trademarks by using their names in your sites

Create a parody site or slam site to criticize a corporation.

Register a domain name close to the name of a corporate brand

Alter logos and graphics from corporate sites to make fun of them

Build your own homepage and don't rely on a portal site

Avoid "e-commerce" whenever possible

Avoid scams like the Amazon Partner program which benefits them more than it does you

Develop and support public domain alternatives to capitalist products. Install Linux on your computer. Point your kids to a site other than DIsney. Make your own site.

Create a fan site

Make links to alternative websites and non-corporate content. Instead of linking to CNN, link to Zmag.org

Support MP3 music. Don't buy music online from corporate profiteers.

Workplace Surveillance

The following companies sell products designed to violate your privacy rights at work

WebSENSE

Censors activist groups like Envirolink.org. Provides a filter for "abortion advocacy" sites and censors a prominent human rights server in Europe.

How you can fight back

Organize your co-workers to demand Internet usage policies which protect your free speech rights. Contrary to what they tell you, your free speech rights and privacy rights do NOT end at the employer's door.

If your employer gives you shit, organize a union. It's good to organize one anyway just in case.

Ask your employer that if snooping on your web surfing is OK, does that give them a right to install a camera in the bathroom stall?

Uninstall or disable the software. See if you can find someone sympathetic in the IT department.

Sabotage equipment if necessary

Sabotage the offices of companies selling surveillance software

Stop the Internet Censors

These are dark times for free speech, especially in the United States. People living in the U.S. enjoy a pretty good dose of freedom to express themsleves, but those freedoms are rapidly eroding from already bad position. This page is devoted towards stopping those who would censor the Internet or dumb it down to the lowest common denominator. The best way towards achieving this is through networking and direct action.

Anarchist Black Ribbon Campaign

Support freedom of speech for EVERYONE. No exceptions.

Censorware

Censorware is software that is designed to be installed on a PC so that certain web sites are "blocked." Thus, little Johnny won't be able to surf to Playboy.com. We are opposed to software such as this, not just because it violates the rights of children to learn about the world, but because these programs also block "extremist" political sites. You may have heard about how the National Organization for Women was blocked, but did you know that Spunk Press, an anarchist archive, and this site (at a previous address) are blocked?

Anti-Censorware Sites

Filtering and Censorware in Libraries

Peacefire

Censorware Companies

Swifteye

WebSENSE

PICS and other web content ratings schemes

How soon before something like PICS is made mandatory?

RSAC

Free Speech Resources

Thank goodness we're not in this alone!

The Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF: Local, State, Non-US & Global Alerts

"What's HOT in Censorship & Free Speech" Bulletins [EFF]

Digital Doomsday Clock

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