You're probably aware that Cody Wilson, an American firearms developer, published instructions for 3D-printing firearms. This has created quite a bit of controversy.
(Liberator, from 3dprint.com)
This isn't the first time it has been possible to fashion firearms at home, though. In fact, that's how firearms always used to be made, before gun companies took over the job. In many countries, they're STILL made at home. In fact, it's a thriving industry in some parts of the middle East. And those firearms actually work reliably. The Liberator has some major downsides.
So why the controversy?
Because the Liberator, as its name suggests, empowers the people - all of them. Well, anyone with an internet connection, anyway... which is almost everyone. It's dangerous (to the status quo) for the average person to be able to arm and defend himself/herself. A corrupt government wants a monopoly on firearms and power. Liberator gets in their way (arguably) more than anything has since blockchain technology.
This is about the information. The data, which has been deemed "too dangerous" for the people. Doesn't that sound a little bit like censorship? Like control, like fascism? It does to me! It sounds a LOT like that to me.
But FaceBook sees this differently - to them, it's a matter of safety. To prevent anyone from harming themselves or others with this information, it has been deleted from FaceBook, and a new rule against it has been added.
The Ministry of Truth has spoken.
And it won't just be FaceBook - many more of the major platforms are following along, which means society is about to undergo a shift, to where we no longer allow certain phrases to be said, pictures to be seen, books to be read, and data to be accessed. A monopoly on data.
And as they say, knowledge is power.
Time to take the power back.
DRutter