[Infowarrior] - John Kerry Claims US Is On The 'Right Side Of History' When It Comes To Online Freedom And Transparency

[Richard Forno]

John Kerry Claims US Is On The 'Right Side Of History' When It Comes To Online Freedom And Transparency

from the might-still-making-right,-despite-technological-developments dept

Once you've ceded the high ground, it's very difficult to reclaim it. At this time last year, the Secretary of State could have gotten away with the following remarks, but just barely. The NSA documents had not yet been revealed, but the US government had been giving up chunks of free speech high ground for quite some time. 

Now, with the NSA's programs exposed, along with this administration's quest to punish whistleblowers and maintain the opacity left behind by the Bush administration, there's no approaching the high ground. But that didn't stop John Kerry -- in his remarks to the Freedom Online Coalition Conference -- from planting a flag halfway up and declaring it the summit. (h/t to Dan Froomkin of the Intercept)

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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140502/11381727100/john-kerry-cant-find-high-ground-during-remarks-about-online-freedom-settles-claiming-government-is-right-side-history.shtml

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