There's now a website called Rate My Cop. This had some people so furious that groups were seriously seeking legislation to have the site shut down.
I thought, "Nothing will come of this."
The site publishes publicly available information (the names of police officers), and gives people a chance to voice their opinions. (...free speech etc...)
Imagine how weird it would be if professors banded together, and the UUP started trying to lobby for legislation to shutdown Rate My Professor.
Now accusations are circulating that GoDaddy.com pulled the site.
The internet has transferred a lot of power to the little guy. It's harder for news stories to get squashed because the powers that be don't like it. If somebody wants the world to know about something, it's much easier to let everyone know.
This story, however, highlights a possibility that I think we should watch out for. The information age still has a lot of people who stand to lose money if they host sites that say unpopular things, and this gives them financial incentive to censor.
I thought, "Nothing will come of this."
The site publishes publicly available information (the names of police officers), and gives people a chance to voice their opinions. (...free speech etc...)
Imagine how weird it would be if professors banded together, and the UUP started trying to lobby for legislation to shutdown Rate My Professor.
Now accusations are circulating that GoDaddy.com pulled the site.
The internet has transferred a lot of power to the little guy. It's harder for news stories to get squashed because the powers that be don't like it. If somebody wants the world to know about something, it's much easier to let everyone know.
This story, however, highlights a possibility that I think we should watch out for. The information age still has a lot of people who stand to lose money if they host sites that say unpopular things, and this gives them financial incentive to censor.
posted by Andrew Cullison at
8:34 PM
1 Comments:
I can understand rate my professor as to how it helps students and everything before they register for classes. But Rate My Cops? I don't see how that would help people!!
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