With billions of dollars in federal funds hanging in the balance, President Barack Obama unveiled the Cyberspace Policy Review May 29 at the White House. During his presentation in the East Room Obama said that “America’s economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity” and that efforts to “deter, prevent, detect and defend” against malicious cyberattacks would be run from the White House. How this debate is being framed however, has a familiar ring to it. Rather than actually educating the public about steps to prevent victimization, state prescriptions always seem to draw from the same tired playbook. First, issue dire warnings of an imminent national catastrophe; second, manufacture a panic with lurid tales of a “digital Pearl Harbor;” third, gin-up expensive “solutions” that benefit armies of (well-paid) experts drawn from officialdom and the private sector (who generally are as interchangeable as light bulbs however dim).

In an unprecedented decision, Wikipedia banned the Scientologist church from using historical notes for self promotion and propaganda. If the unprecedented decision linked to the Scientology church is implemented to the article on September 11 one day, or other hot issues where there propaganda from various interest groups is more than obvious, then it could be said that Wikipedia is truly a ‘universal world encyclopaedia of us all for all of us’.

Pääministeri Matti Vanhanen (kesk) arvioi Keskisuomalaisessa, ettei uusi journalistien lähdesuojaa kaventava lakiesitys rajoita sananvapautta tai tiedonsaantia. Pääministeri toivoo, että lehdistö ei loisi mielikuvaa, jonka mukaan lakiesitys toteutuessaan lieventäisi poliitikkojen toimien kontrollointia.

Eduskunnan liikenne- ja viestintävaliokunta hyväksyi perjantaina mietinnön hallituksen esittämästä sähköisen viestinnän tietosuojalain muutoksesta eli niin sanotusta Lex Nokiasta.