The final keynote of the day is Oscar Swartz The End of Free Communications? His talk is a depressing review of the way in which Swedish legislation is being rapidly updated to limit free communications via surveillance and harsher penalties. This wave of criminalisation is a reaction to technology which shows an overall fear of technology and the society which it is creating. Unfortunately the future cannot be stopped and the legislation will get worse.

He closes with some thoughts:

To motivate these laws we need to “create” wars as the war on terror and war on copyright violation.

Does the nation have to act in the way it did before – shouldn’t a new technological base lead to a new society?

The irrational fear of online terrors create an environment for these new laws

What can we do? Act, protest, understand to prevent global terrorism perpetrated on citizens by the people we elect.

The whole day has been very successful with stimulating talks and discussions. The whole effect has left my head buzzing with ideas and a realisation that there is a need to do something… but what? Right now the discussions continue.