The New Editors of the Internet

[Commentary] In a small number of Silicon Valley conference rooms, decisions are being made about what people should and shouldn't see online -- without the accountability or culture that has long accompanied that responsibility.

This is a pivotal time for our communications ecosystem. As we cede control to governments and corporations -- and as they take it away from us -- we are risking a most fundamental liberty, the ability to freely speak and assemble. Let’s not trade our freedom for convenience.

[Gillmor teaches digital-media literacy and entrepreneurship at Arizona State University]