Without the internet, how would you have coped with the pandemic — from work and school, to maintaining your closest relationships? In the digital age, reliance on the internet is so common and seems ubiquitous, yet billions of people worldwide still go without it. Digital transformation strategist Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa advocates for collective access to the opportunities and potential the internet provides, underscoring the necessity of free and fair digital rights for all.
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Fair Deception
February 24, 2022 at 4:12 pm
Yeah sadly the woke culture with thier cancel culture and all the political correctness and massive regulation that got the internet just making everything worst.
Internet was a complete place of sharing culture and Freedom of speech.
Now it is an electoral platform with full of censorship on any différent cultural différence out of the USA one. The totalitarian and authoritarian imperialism of the usa.
Politics must disappear from the internet. Internet in the hands of politicians is a weapon of mass control.
the chaostic internet of the early 2000 is the perfect internet. Barely any moderation whats so ever.
Kids just have to learn to stop being offended by word, like adult with a child brain need to learn too. Stop the Woke culture.
Protecting child on internet is avoid given them freedom and fair use of it. Its in total opposition.
Child need to learn quick how to deal with human kind. The internet must not be policed like Madame ask.
Aescerys
February 24, 2022 at 4:20 pm
I heard of this first in the tv show silicon valley.
I don’t understand how may the law enforcement track pedophiles etc once their data is completely their own?
SRY SEYHA ៚ស្រុី សីហា ៚
February 24, 2022 at 4:20 pm
Hello! Who are you?🤔
Ayush Raj
February 24, 2022 at 4:23 pm
Artificial Intelligence will work as a force multiplier for the internet biasness. Most of the social media narratives are controlled by the Western countries and China as these two parts of the world have excelled in AI. Developing countries like India have almost become digital colonies of the US..
ميسون ٩٦٧٧١٤٧٠٧١٢٥+ اليمن
February 24, 2022 at 4:25 pm
اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين من الحرب انا واسرتي استاجرنا بيت والان علينا حق ثلاثه شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرناندفعله الأجاريروحالئ ائتلافات نبكي ورجعوتكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه ومامعي اخوان كباره في هذا الظروف اخوتي ولكن انا بنت لااستطيع الاطلاع على البيت للشارع وشافو البيت للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو راوقفووعند بابهم لجلوهم ولوخبزه يسد والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعویبکوایمونومن عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير فيا اخي انت رجال إذاشفت اسرتك جاوعين المستحيل من اجل تامن لهم الأكب ولكن انابنت عيني بصيره ويدي قصيره ليس لي أب مثلك واخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع أنا اقسم بالله الذي رفع سبع سموات بلاعمدوبسط الارض ومهداني لااكذب عليك بحرف من ه ذا الرساله واني ماطلبتك إلى من ضيق ومن قسوت الضروف والحال الذي احنافيه وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﺍﻟﻲ ﻋﻨﺪﻩ ﺍﻟﻘﺪﺭﻩ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺴﺎﻋﺪﺗﻨﺎ لايتاخر علينا لحظه هاذا رقمي واتساب واتصال 00967714707125 الذي يقدر يساعدنا يراسلني على الواتساب نرسله الاسم الكامل يحولنا بقدر استطاعته الله يجزيكم خير.
English IELTS
February 24, 2022 at 4:31 pm
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Ambrose Heria
February 24, 2022 at 4:36 pm
We need the censored internet
Julia Nielsen
February 24, 2022 at 4:38 pm
No, we need to allow free speech on all platforms, regardless of your political, religious, or any other affiliation. No more censoring!
luke thomas
February 24, 2022 at 4:45 pm
Censored internet is great when the censors agree with you. If we allow any censorship now, hitler will censor you tomorrow.
Ambrose Heria
February 24, 2022 at 4:52 pm
My comment is a joke btw
luke thomas
February 24, 2022 at 4:58 pm
@Ambrose Heria So is mine.
Julia Nielsen
February 24, 2022 at 4:42 pm
Yeah, two weeks to “flatten the curve” turned into two years of mandates and harm for children and adults alike, and it did no good since Covid mutated and the vaccines didn’t prevent it. We will rue the day we did all this, all because of fear from the media and government. Oh, and if you’re on a certain political side, you are censored and silenced, so no, the internet has not been free to speak our mind – unless you go along with the subscribed narrative.
thousand points of light
February 24, 2022 at 4:43 pm
who cares, they won’t better anything with access. so let them have the access and prove they’re worthless.
luke thomas
February 24, 2022 at 4:50 pm
No one is preventing them from building the necessary infrastructure, look at what cuba and china have done in terms of internet access.
thousand points of light
February 24, 2022 at 5:00 pm
@luke thomas yeah, and not a single improvement worth noting is coming from either of them.
luke thomas
February 24, 2022 at 5:28 pm
@thousand points of light That would be hard to measure either way. Most of the benefits of the internet anyways in general are download related not upload.
thousand points of light
February 24, 2022 at 5:36 pm
@luke thomas how so? there was a study that came out of harvard that said, it doesn’t matter if poor people get access to the internet, they don’t use it the same way rich people do. understand? you can slap lipstick on a pig all day long, won’t make it a beauty queen.
luke thomas
February 24, 2022 at 5:44 pm
@thousand points of light There are exceptions to those studies, its the same argument with textbooks, some people use them some people don’t. Lots of rich people do stupid stuff on the internet, and sometimes the poorest kid uses the text book and has the best grades.
There is zero correlation between money and intelligence. Any benefit a local community had from that internet connection likely wouldn’t be seen in that study, which likely only measured impact on the internet as a whole. Its also impossible for that study to be accurate, when rich countries had internet access first, there’s no need to create Facebook if someone else already did.
Work
February 26, 2022 at 4:19 pm
@thousand points of light “They don’t use it the same way rich people do.” That doesn’t explain or support your point in any way. Can you be more specific? She spoke about connecting to zoom meetings. Rich people do that too, right?
luke thomas
February 24, 2022 at 4:43 pm
Free Fair and feminist? I get free and fair, but feminist? I don’t see how you can have a fair internet that is feminist. Also if you spent less money on those expensive clothes, you could donate more to people who need internet.
Olivia Lopez
February 24, 2022 at 4:47 pm
$32,000 returns in just 16days, my financial life is totally changed.
Maria Miracle
February 24, 2022 at 5:36 pm
So pleased seeing my broker talked about on YouTube, This was exactly how i got recommendation about Mrs Christine Norine Martin. At first i was a bit skeptical but eventually i gave her a trail with my little investment i got huge profit
Areej Mohan
February 24, 2022 at 5:42 pm
I came in contact with Mrs Christine in a conference at Washington, I meet with her after her speech and was opportune to invest with her ever since then my life has become better than my past. She’s a great personality in the state
Alisha Gomez
February 24, 2022 at 5:44 pm
@Beula Degraffenreid I also needed her info too I’ll write her thanks.
Mathias Smith
February 24, 2022 at 5:46 pm
This is the kind of information that we don’t get from most Youtubers I will get in touch with her right now
Mandy James
February 24, 2022 at 5:47 pm
Count me in because I’m placing my trades with Expert Christine Norine Martin ASAP
luke thomas
February 24, 2022 at 4:48 pm
How you solve bullying online is moving back to the days when you didn’t share private information online, so only your friends can find you online, and if someone is bullying you, there is this magic red x at the top right of your screen that magically ends all bullying.
Jadex The PurpIeNinja
February 24, 2022 at 4:54 pm
Can I do the next Ted talk? I have a topic you’re going to approve of I’m sure. It’s very short.
Life isn’t fair and we’re all going to die unless we give all the governments even more power. It’s the only way.
This comment shouldn’t get censored, right?
Luis Cortes
February 24, 2022 at 4:57 pm
(Fair), is the key word here.
Who’s going to watch the watchdog? ¿By under which principles and ideology are we applying “Fairness”?
talljohn5350
February 24, 2022 at 5:18 pm
Learn from history. Gatekeepers are human and subject to bias and corruption.
sea bird
February 24, 2022 at 5:42 pm
Free internet to get more Scammers !!!
Real Tech
February 24, 2022 at 5:48 pm
Great, it should be fair, but free? Sure but who’s going to pay for the billions of operational and capital to plan, install, monitor and operate the millions of routers, servers and submarine cables?
Libertarian Neighbor
February 24, 2022 at 5:50 pm
It is ironic that this posted on the tube of you’s because this entity has repeatedly censored my comments, including when I cite CDC research and provide sources to ask medical experts reasonable questions, without making any statements or claims.
I’m vaccinated, not a cons. theorists, I just had questions about CDC and WHO data.
I’ve learned that I have to type in code in order not to be blanket censored.
Whether you agree or disagree, like or comment below so I know this comment wasn’t censored. Thank you
couttsie
February 24, 2022 at 6:06 pm
100% bro , i’m with ya
Twuan Dixon
February 24, 2022 at 10:11 pm
They literally shut down channels and people’s whole livelihoods over opposing views lol
Home Wall
February 24, 2022 at 6:02 pm
So now it’s unfair if people don’t have access to the Internet, a rather novel global network that is more or less free and open if you can access it, except in places where bad government operates. Getting stuff for free just isn’t a moral thing. If you want to donate for the cause, fine, but there’s no right to anything that requires you take by force from another first.
Antonius Nies - Komponist, Pianist & Organist
February 24, 2022 at 11:02 pm
So only people with money should have the possibility to make the world better?
Romanski
February 25, 2022 at 1:20 pm
Are you a minarchist?
Kongolox
February 24, 2022 at 6:30 pm
0:15 TV, newspapers, radio.. etc
This WAAAY too sensational… dial it down
Zero1510
February 24, 2022 at 7:25 pm
true
三森くみこ
February 24, 2022 at 8:12 pm
フッフッフッ地球人よ、優生思想は１０個の戒めの殺生になる、殺さずに出産し障がい子供、嫌な思いをして、過去生のやった事が返ってきて精算、マイナス3が0に、次は起こらない、そしてその子供と対話して発明し金持ちにる人生、または平均的な障がい者の家庭、出生前診断で殺したら苦しむ方になる、殺生したら苦しみの原因になる、１０個の戒めの殺生、偸盗、邪淫、やったら苦しむ方になる、フッフッフッ地球人よ
kilroy1964
February 24, 2022 at 8:21 pm
Sorry. Feminist does not equal fair. Not by a long shot.
I agree with everything said here except for interjecting ideology into it.
Unfortunately, that’s a deal breaker for me.
Thimbs down.
Romanski
February 25, 2022 at 1:24 pm
Sorry. Misrepresenting feminism like that is just unacceptable.
Your anti-feminist ideology is clearly showing.
Unfortunately, this is a deal breaker for me, so I will no longer respond to anything you say here.
Cara Serena
February 25, 2022 at 3:01 pm
Quite simply, feminism is about all genders having equal rights and opportunities.
InMaTeofDeath
February 24, 2022 at 8:46 pm
Lmao fair free and feminist. How lovely it must be to live in a world where you believe the path to equality is only focusing on one group instead of everyone…you know…*equally*
jvazorka03
February 25, 2022 at 4:54 am
Everyone has a right to technology consumption and participation, from owning computers to vehicles, only if they work hard to earn it. The virtual metaverse should not be regulated.
Simon Huber
February 25, 2022 at 5:14 am
I totally agree! Why keeping the biggest Invention of humanity from anybody in the world. #freeinternet
Jeff Matt
February 25, 2022 at 6:41 am
*YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE GREAT TO START BUT YOU HAVE TO START TO BE GREAT! —MRS BLOSSOM JEFFERSON*
Dan Alem
February 25, 2022 at 10:18 am
Modernizing farming, and local community
entrepreneurship is more important to Africa. Internet will not solve most Africans problem except corrupting young minds. That’s been said it helps for a few to sell their products for the mass & that’s the only reason developed nations push the internet agenda on Africa rather than modernizing farming. They want consumerism culture in Africa so we can buy things we don’t need from them & they keep taking the resources from the ground while the mass in Africa Tiktoking.