Some rant I wrote about world democracy and the Free Internet.

Oops- Google forgot to include privacy in their plans for "Buzz." The system automatically lets everyone "follow" you, and we all know how quickly people get upset about that. Also, the public is fearful about google and their real motivations for creating Buzz. This author feels they should have internally and externally tested the product.

Online advertising presents certain realities as important to users and leaves out those realities that are non-corporate in character or that are produced by actors that do not have enough capital in order to purchase online advertisements. An online advertising monopoly therefore advances one-dimensional views of reality.

Suddenly it seems, after years of teeth-clenched tolerance, corporate and political entities here in the U.S. – including Google and the State Department – are intent on confronting China over suppression of speech on the Internet. Chinese media analyst Jeremy Goldkorn says that the Chinese government has waged an all-fronts propaganda battle in response.

Following Google's recent announcement that the company would "review" its business operations in China, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will address the issue of Internet freedom in a speech Thursday in Washington D.C. Alec Ross is Clinton's senior adviser for innovation. He tells Renee Montagne that companies like Google shouldn't have to worry about cyber attacks.