The only thing we can do is to establish an independant counter culture which will be able to intervene here and there. We should not even be nostalgic about the 'real' and serious level of politics that might have existed a long time ago. The spectacle is about to take over the Net. And is exactly what all business people and polticians have wanted. So please, do not spoil any tears over all this.
Many people hope that the internet finally guarantees the freedom of speech.
The Internet is not at all giving us any guarantee about the freedom of expression. It is a particular group of people, mainly in the late eighties, that has established such an information culture, which is now rapidly disappearing. In virtually all countries with significant use of the Net there is regulation and restriction in the making. More and more people have to use tricks and cannot just say whatever they like. We have to set up free servers, so-called digital free havens for censored materials in order to protect the culture that once existed.