The writer seems to be on the contrary to the act of regulating transparency in the internet and has evidently provided substantial backup through personal experience and citations to support his or her opinion. It is indeed important to note that having an absolutely free internet is a step ahead as compared to a restricted one since as pointed out by the writer: Unrestricted internet will enhance innovation and technological advancement due to minimal precincts. It is also worth noting from the text that it is hard for different states to come to a common definition of terms that will be used in an agreement to impose restrictions in the internet.Futhermore, the writer brings in the social factor of freedom of speech and expression of ideas which is an important aspect of development. With this, there is the social construction of knowledge. With traditional learning paradigm, emphasis was on author concept. This concept is related to literacy age, which was not valid even in the age of spoken communication alone. The concept of a specific author is under discussion in the cyber age. On colleges and university campuses, the use of wikis has come to be accepted as long as they have a clearly identified author. Although there is this paradigm shift, people still consider information without authors as unreliable. As a matter of fact in the developed world people should be free to give their views and opinions of which the internet provides a platform for such. Basing on the facts provided by the writer, I agree with him/her that a restricted internet has more setbacks as compared to a free one and I think the writer has sufficiently answered the question.
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