Milestone 5-Evil Empire?

Upon reading the Perez article in Shane's book I had an "AHA" moment. I did not know how connected the powers that be are to this technology. Often times I hear about all this talk of the internet being one of the last bastions of free speech. It's supposed to be the place where "free" is really supposed to mean that. A place where thinkers from every social background can discuss and perhaps mobilize to change the "real world." Reading Perez it reminds me that big business, big brother, and his/her band of merry "people" are working hand in hand to control the flow of information. Questions I think about are how come some of this wasn't told to me or at least why wasn't I given the memo.
I have placed a link to a site called "http://www.eparliament.org/" I don't know if it'll actually direct you there but it's a site designed to help the world mobilize. Perhaps it will help to unite the world though I am skeptical. Some of the major problems with this site is it's lack of attractiveness. Yes I know it sounds shallow but we are a visual society. We in essence have been programmed to know what a website is supposed to look like. If it doesn't have color or some type of animation we easily lose interest. Big business knows that and therefore they control what we feel as a reputable site. I myself, am quite disillusioned and need time to gain my faith to a certain extent in the internet.