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Russian Communist Party MP and Nobel Prize-winner Zhores Alferov has urged restrictions on internet access, saying unlimited access to information can harm people's morals and mental health.
"The internet must have limitations and it must not be available to everyone," Alferov stated in a recent interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily. He went on to explain that in his opinion the total lack of control and restrictions of the net can affect people's behavior and damage publicly-accepted moral guidelines.
"By making fools of our population today we will have a lot of problems," he said.
In the same interview, Alferov said he personally did not expect any conflicts between humanity and artificial intelligence in future, but stated that it was wrong to "fully trust a machine."
Alferov is a world-renowned physicist, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is also a State Duma MP representing the largest opposition party, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF).
But... Who will I argue with if there aren't any commies on the Internet?
Source: https://www.rt.com/politics/418544-internet-should-not-be-accessible/
(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday February 14 2018, @09:44PM
Doing bad things would be more difficult if doing things were more difficult. This is a valid reasoning, mind you, BUT it is not applied to other systems. Transportation, old style Communication, Automation, and to the deadliest and faster weapon on earth, money.
You know why?
Because some people control money. And they don't control the internet much. yet.
The whole fake news movement is about this. Internet was a godsend for control, once accepted it is being closing down. No surprise.
Besides, you can shut down anything by polluting it first and then claiming it must not be permitted for the common good.
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