1. It's not information that wants to be free, but access to published information. Where the roots of the word "publish" in "public" are germane. In addition to published information, information on public institutions such as governments, government agencies, bureaucracies, major social actors, the wealthy (who've gained strongly through socially-mediated systems), and those guilty of crimes against society.
2. Information doesn't balance power imbalances, it magnifies them. Though the empowered and disempowered have different vulnerabilities and strengths. Hence information can work against the empowered and disempowered in different ways.
Absent a handle or pivot point for power, information yields none. You simply have understanding of a process you cannot manipulate.
1. It's not information that wants to be free, but access to published information. Where the roots of the word "publish" in "public" are germane. In addition to published information, information on public institutions such as governments, government agencies, bureaucracies, major social actors, the wealthy (who've gained strongly through socially-mediated systems), and those guilty of crimes against society.
2. Information doesn't balance power imbalances, it magnifies them. Though the empowered and disempowered have different vulnerabilities and strengths. Hence information can work against the empowered and disempowered in different ways.
Absent a handle or pivot point for power, information yields none. You simply have understanding of a process you cannot manipulate.