Google to Fight for Internet Freedom with uProxy

Sharon Gaudin discloses that Google is developing a tool called uProxy which will allow people in nations where the Internet is censored to view what Americans see.

It appears from this announcement that American volunteers would provide proxy gateways to their own Internet service. If this is the case, the sharing of Internet service may be a violation of the terms of service with their Internet provider, since most agreements prohibit sharing a connection with others. Also, I would be concerned that governments which block or intercept/inspect Internet traffic might subject these gateways to denial of service (DDoS) attacks, overwhelming the American citizen's Internet connection. The DDoS would result in extremely heavy traffic for the local Internet provider, and might bring a university or corporate network to its knees.

There is also the moral question about an American's moral stance in providing an open link. If someone in a blocked country is downloading child pornography through an American's Internet connection, does the American have any moral or legal responsibility? And if only white listed Websites are allowed through the uProxy, then that is a degree of censorship as well....

-DD