First they tried banning books, that didn't last long. Then our gov initiated the 9/11 attacks, allowing the Bush administration to push through the Patriot Act, 1 and 2. This allowed Sneek and Peak tactics (already being used) to become legal.

Now the gov is trying to control our researching the internet. Why? Because we can get unbiased and honest research. Honest in the sense that the gov hides the bills, laws, etc that are passed, many in secret, every day.

2007 I was in school. Our assignment was gangs and weapons research. One fellow student, while doing this assigned research, had gov agents break into her home, arrest her and take her computer. Much embarassment when they had to apologize upon the realization that it was indeed a school assignment, not terrorist attack. Problem? WHAT WERE THEY DOING MONITORING HER COMPUTER OR THE WORDS SHE TYPED INTO SEARCH ENGINES?

Time to be familiarizing yourself with proxies.

http://proxy.org/

for example.

The increased power of Google's services doesn't bother me, because they're just using it to help you have a better surfing experience.  Yes, they should have a way to opt out, and they might later decide to offer it, like they finally decided to allow aliases on Google+.

Facebook, on the other hand, is pure evil, and anybody still on it is NUTS.

Find out why, plus other alternatives:

http://boycottfacebookblog.blogspot.com/