Endangered+Web

According to the lecture presented by Dr. Joan Vinall-Cox **the internet today is endangered**. The **two main ways** that the internet might loose its power are as follows:

- **Other internets are being created**, for example in China, Saudi Arabia and Holland. Countries around the Globe are outraged by the way the U.S. controls the internet. This could potentially be the end to Marshall McLuhan's dream of a global village. If other countries or regions decide to create and operate their own webs we will not be connected to them anymore. This defies the whole point of the internet. The web does not reach many countries and regions of the World, mainly in Asia and Africa. And even if it does reach, the internet today is too fast for the slow connection and computers found in those countries. This is why having their own internet would benefit those countries, however it would destroy how we view the web today.

- Another reason why the web today is endangered is because of **business deals between internet companies**. These business deals defy some rules of the web. The web is a storage of information that we have unlimited access to. Everyone is able to add to the web by creating their own site that potentially will be seen by others. The internet is a collaborate project where all creators and viewers are relatively equal. However, service provider companies are beginning to make deals with certain sites to give them faster loading time, or search enginees are making deals with sites to place them at the top of a search for a certain amount of money. These companies benefit from these deals, however the public does not benefit. Instead of having an equal internet barriers that we might not be aware of are placed on it.

The internet as we know it today will undergo many changes in the future, just like it always has been since its been created. It is up to us to make sure those changes are positive and they do not endanger the web.