Introduce an Internet License

[Ascysia]

Hello everyone. I have recently became alarmed at the presence of extremists on the internet, so I've been pondering methods to stop them. One method I have thought of would be the introduction of an internet license. How this would work is you would have to pass a test to obtain a license to access the internet, just as the name suggests. I'm not sure what the specifics of the tests would be, however they would root out and bar extremists (ranging from ISIS to Nazis to Communists to Berniecrats) from accessing the internet and radicalising people. To sign up for online services such as social media or forums, you would have to input your license details, and if you were caught promoting extremism, your license would be terminated.

So what do you all think? Does this sound like a good idea?

[The Huskar Social Union]

No thats stupid. People should be restricted from using the internet due to licenses, and this would be so open to abuse it would be silly.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Neo-Colonialism is extremist, gg wp no re you played yourself.

[Sovaal]

Terrible idea. Might as well make a free speech license.

[The South Falls]

The internet was designed for everyone to share their views and communicate, not exclude people who's views aren't mainstream. That'd mean peeps like Parkus wouldn't be here.

[Ascysia]

Neo-Colonialism is extremist, gg wp no re you played yourself.

No it isn't. Neo-Colonialism is: "the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies." It is not European's taking over the world again (though I'm not entirely opposed to that).

Terrible idea. Might as well make a free speech license.

No, that's different. People can use other platforms for free speech. The internet is a luxury service, like cars.

[Governorate of Australia]

That's worse than Article 13 and Net Neutrality

[The New California Republic]

the introduction of an internet license. How this would work is you would have to pass a test to obtain a license to access the internet, just as the name suggests. So what do you all think? Does this sound like a good idea?

NO.

[Ascysia]

That's worse than Article 13 and Net Neutrality

I dislike both Article 13 and Net Neutrality, but uhhhhhh no it isn't. This is for national security purposes.

[Washington Resistance Army]

the introduction of an internet license. How this would work is you would have to pass a test to obtain a license to access the internet, just as the name suggests. So what do you all think? Does this sound like a good idea?

NO.

Shame that your country will probably make it a thing in a few years to go along with your butter knife and TV licenses.

[The South Falls]

Neo-Colonialism is extremist, gg wp no re you played yourself.

No it isn't. Neo-Colonialism is: "the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies." It is not European's taking over the world again (though I'm not entirely opposed to that).

Terrible idea. Might as well make a free speech license.

No, that's different. People can use other platforms for free speech. The internet is a luxury service, like cars.

We have licenses for cars because cars are inherently deadly. So are planes, and distributing moonshine. The internet is not. If I misuse it, the worst that can happen is I get banned from a site.

[The Alma Mater]

The internet was designed for everyone to share their views and communicate, not exclude people who's views aren't mainstream. That'd mean peeps like Parkus wouldn't be here.

Technically the internet was designed to allow the military to keep communicating during a nuclear holocaust. But close enough

[Washington Resistance Army]

No it isn't. Neo-Colonialism is: "the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies." It is not European's taking over the world again (though I'm not entirely opposed to that).


No, that's different. People can use other platforms for free speech. The internet is a luxury service, like cars.

We have licenses for cars because cars are inherently deadly. So are planes, and distributing moonshine. The internet is not. If I misuse it, the worst that can happen is I get banned from a site.

I dunno, one could make a pretty compelling argument that the Internet is an inherently dangerous thing because of how much easier it makes it to transfer dangerous and sometimes deadly ideas and information.

[The New California Republic]

NO.

Shame that your country will probably make it a thing in a few years to go along with your butter knife and TV licenses.

Nah they won't. The UK isn't Airstrip One just yet.

[Delta-9 Tetrahydrocannabinol]

As much as I would like to see /pol/ and /leftypol/ to disappear from the internet, this is a horrible idea.

[Sarzonia]

Terrible idea, completely without merit.

The idea of whether or not someone "earns" a license could potentially be subjective.

"Uh, you don't support Trump. You don't get a license."

[The South Falls]

The internet was designed for everyone to share their views and communicate, not exclude people who's views aren't mainstream. That'd mean peeps like Parkus wouldn't be here.

Technically the internet was designed to allow the military to keep communicating during a nuclear holocaust. But close enough

Yea, true. But they could share their views on how they didn't want to die!

We have licenses for cars because cars are inherently deadly. So are planes, and distributing moonshine. The internet is not. If I misuse it, the worst that can happen is I get banned from a site.

I dunno, one could make a pretty compelling argument that the Internet is an inherently dangerous thing because of how much easier it makes it to transfer dangerous and sometimes deadly ideas and information.

Same with books. Should we have a literacy license as well?

[De Almerland]

Oi, you got a loicence to use the internet?

Terrible idea, the whole point of the internet is so that information can be freely and easily accessible for for everyone, licences hinder that.

[Sovaal]

Neo-Colonialism is extremist, gg wp no re you played yourself.

No it isn't. Neo-Colonialism is: "the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies." It is not European's taking over the world again (though I'm not entirely opposed to that).

Terrible idea. Might as well make a free speech license.

No, that's different. People can use other platforms for free speech. The internet is a luxury service, like cars.

Pretty sure the UN declared that the internet was a human right.

[Engleberg]

The idea of an internet license is horrific.

The modern internet is for everyone to come on freely and express themselves and their views. If they are a radical that is promoting dangerous material and give legitimate threats, then them doing so just put themselves into the spotlight so everyone can see who they are and then the government can go and stop them before they radicalise someone else.

[Ascysia]

Oi, you got a loicence to use the internet?

Terrible idea, the whole point of the internet is so that information can be freely and easily accessible for for everyone, licences hinder that.

Please stop with the anglophobic memes. There's nothing wrong with requiring licenses to access something. It's for national security.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Shame that your country will probably make it a thing in a few years to go along with your butter knife and TV licenses.

Nah they won't. The UK isn't Airstrip One just yet.

Do you have the right license to be saying that?

[Uxupox]

Oi, you got a loicence to use the internet?

Terrible idea, the whole point of the internet is so that information can be freely and easily accessible for for everyone, licences hinder that.

Please stop with the anglophobic memes. There's nothing wrong with requiring licenses to access something. It's for national security.

Freedom of speech is a luxury yes yes.

[The South Falls]

Oi, you got a loicence to use the internet?

Terrible idea, the whole point of the internet is so that information can be freely and easily accessible for for everyone, licences hinder that.

Please stop with the anglophobic memes. There's nothing wrong with requiring licenses to access something. It's for national security.

But if you say crazy things, you can be pinpointed by the NSA. That's why the NSA exists. That's how they catch people who are about to board planes to engage in extremism.

[The South Falls]

Nah they won't. The UK isn't Airstrip One just yet.

Do you have the right license to be saying that?

You'll need your humor license, and your England mentions license, and your speaking English license. That will total to $9,500 and a box of fish and chips.