Dr. Richard Stallman in Ada Lovelace Lecture Series 20 Hours From Now in Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology (Rotkreuz)
Tomorrow afternoon/evening in Rotkreuz Dr. Richard Stallman (RMS) kicks off a 'string' of 3 talks, which coincide with spring and sunny weather.
The abstract of his talk was published in the formal site (Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology, Hochschule Luzern) 21 hours ago. It says: "There are many threats to freedom in the digital society. They include nonfree software, massive surveillance, and censorship.Nonfree programs are often designed to restrict users, Control users or manipulate users. The War on Sharing aims to stop users from sharing copies of published works. Computers for voting make election results untrustworthy. Other threats come from use of web services, implemented by companies that can impose any conditions whatsoever. Finally, most internet activities (aside from those which existed before 2000) are precarious, dependent on permission from one company. All of these threats originate more or less in the use of nonfree software. That is why free software is the first battle in the liberation of the digital society."
"The War on Sharing" as he calls it extends to "The War on Reporting". Well-connected and affluent corporations want everything to be controlled by them, ranging from culture to words and news. This is also why attacks on Dr. Stallman are so prevalent and widespread. "Haters Gonna Hate" and those with money control the narrative and much of the large media. They moreover control social control media; it gives them power over "rage cycles" (or online mobbing). █