YouTube Takedowns Offer a Chilling Look at What a Filtered Web Could Look Like
Public Knowledge, March 25, 2009
By Mehan Jayasuriya
In a Web-driven economy, there are fewer commodities more valuable than user-generated content. But there's a cadre of extremely powerful companies that can disrupt the flow of user-general content at will. Their heavy-handed approach could define the very nature of the Web -- and the long-term viability of the Internet economy may lie in the balance.
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