Big Money Merges with Big Brother
Microsoft is the latest high-tech company to cast its lot with an authoritarian government in the name of maximizing profits. Capitalism, we must remember, is always a trade-off: we must live with unethical behavior by money-making corporations, which provide us with new tools that can be used by democratic activists and despots alike.
PARIS – All over the world, Internet users entertain romantic delusions about cyberspace. To most of us Web surfers, the Internet provides a false sense of complete freedom, power, and anonymity.