Wednesday, January 20, 2010

IT-companies contribute to oppression

I know a few who works in this business and they tend to be rather uninterested in what I think is among the most important things. That is ridiculous because it's nothing more than ostrich manners. IT and human rights are obvious areas that intersect. It's possible to compare IT with Nobel's dynamite. Can be used for good, as well as great evil. So what am I trying to say? It's all about taking responsibility.

I also want to add the fact that no matter how safe we might feel about Sweden and the system here, it is not permanent. Nothing is to be taken for granted. So don't read the newspapers with the "it only happens over there, far far away"-glasses. Sweden has changed over time and we might change again. Personally I feel that we already are, towards darker times.

http://www.svd.se/opinion/brannpunkt/it-foretag-bidrar-till-fortryck_4107303.svd


Don't take our freedom of speech for granted! And try not to murder/abuse/imprison others in the long run...

2 comments:

Natasja said...

I sent the link to someone I know who works with IT. This was his respond: "Det var ju en jäkla massa dravel. vad har jag sagt om denna typen av mail?

Du har godkänt Googles användarkrav?

"8.3 Google reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, Google may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content. These tools include the SafeSearch preference settings (see http://www.google.co.uk/help/customize.html#safe). In addition, there are commercially available services and software to limit access to material that you may find objectionable.""

Natasja said...

I sent the link to someone I know who works with IT. This was his respond: "Det var ju en jäkla massa dravel. vad har jag sagt om denna typen av mail?

Du har godkänt Googles användarkrav?

"8.3 Google reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, Google may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content. These tools include the SafeSearch preference settings (see http://www.google.co.uk/help/customize.html#safe). In addition, there are commercially available services and software to limit access to material that you may find objectionable.""