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Stonetools has been civil in presenting his views, and should be afforded the same courtesy in return. It will be apparent from my posts here that I do not agree with him. But some of the points he makes are worthy of further consideration.
The internet is a lawless place, but even assuming that bringing it under the control of governments is a good thing, which is a whole argument in itself, I don't think it can be done without resort to the most draconian measures, together with an unprecedented display of co-operation amongst all the world's governments, if it can be done at all. Such measures should not in my view even be considered to protect a few vested interests from advances in technology. However, might they be justified in relation to Child Porn, Terrorism, Murder and the like, all of which can be readily found on the so-called dark net? Personally I'd still say not, as the threat to freedom posed would simply be too high a price to pay.
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