The document discusses the history of censorship and access to information. It covers how totalitarian states censor information at the production point while capitalism censors at the distribution point. It also discusses cases like IBM aiding apartheid South Africa and hackers providing alternative technologies in response. The concept of information wanting to be free is explored, with the tension between information being valuable yet the cost to access it decreasing. South Africa's constitution protects access to information and privacy.

1. Freedom of Access to Information Historical Context Totalitarian States censor at production point, Capitalism censors at distribution point. Censorship & the Apartheid State State gets to decide what you can and cannot read, knowledge is something mediated via security apparatus, not civil society (academia, press, etc)