reclaimthenet on Nostr: Senator Mark Warner's latest mission: policing the internet at the infrastructure ...
Senator Mark Warner's latest mission: policing the internet at the infrastructure level. Forget social media crackdowns—this time, he’s targeting domain registrars like Cloudflare, GoDaddy, and Verisign, the literal backbone of the web, for their alleged role in facilitating “disinformation.”
Warner’s angle here is unprecedented in its ambition, less about “protecting democracy” and more about introducing a new lever of control over the entire online ecosystem.
The DOJ may be right that Russian propaganda outfits have posed as news sources and even mimicked government sites. But Warner’s response? Shift the blame onto registrars, because, hey, someone has to take the fall. Suddenly, buying a domain anonymously or using cryptocurrency marks you as a suspect. In Warner’s world, online privacy is less a right and more a “gateway drug” to chaos.
His “oversight” opens the door for government-backed gatekeeping. Today, they flag anonymity as suspicious. Tomorrow? They’ll be cracking down on political dissenters or independent media, branding privacy itself as subversive.
Warner’s angle here is unprecedented in its ambition, less about “protecting democracy” and more about introducing a new lever of control over the entire online ecosystem.
The DOJ may be right that Russian propaganda outfits have posed as news sources and even mimicked government sites. But Warner’s response? Shift the blame onto registrars, because, hey, someone has to take the fall. Suddenly, buying a domain anonymously or using cryptocurrency marks you as a suspect. In Warner’s world, online privacy is less a right and more a “gateway drug” to chaos.
His “oversight” opens the door for government-backed gatekeeping. Today, they flag anonymity as suspicious. Tomorrow? They’ll be cracking down on political dissenters or independent media, branding privacy itself as subversive.