Originally published February 12 2006
AOL weighs in on privacy and freedom
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
New advertisements from AOL say: "The internet has taken us to a place where everything we do is watched, monitored and processed without us ever realizing." AOL is providing the Department of Homeland Security "unlimited surveillance" of its members.
The new advertising campaign from AOL encourages us to "debate" whether the internet is a good thing or a bad thing, whilst flashing up images of eyes being scanned, surveillance cameras, Orwell's 1984, nuclear explosions, Osama Bin Laden and the Nazis.
The "Some people think the internet is a good/bad thing" adverts are sophisticated propaganda that attempt to seed in the viewer's mind the fact that the surveillance society is the norm and it is our "choice" how we live in it, whether we accept it as good or bad.
72% of voters on the AOL site say YES we should give up all our privacy for access to information.
AOL has framed the issue of privacy and freedom into a debate about the internet.
They say "We take it for granted that freedom of speech is a good thing.
Well we know for a fact that Time Warner AOL has censored Alex Jones' websites in the past, declaring them to contain "hateful material".
How can a website that merely reports and comments on mainstream media articles be described as 'hate' unless there's a different agenda afoot?
This is part of a growing trend of authoritarian censorship of the Internet in preparation for the emergence of Internet 2, where only government approved websites will be allowed to exist and the old Internet will be shut down.
AOL has also recently announced an advanced alliance with Google, another company that knows much about keeping tabs on people.
And then there's AOL Time Warner mogul Ted Turner.
Voice over: Thanks to the internet, your identity can be stolen, your home invaded and your savings robbed without anyone setting foot inside your door.
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