Hi there all, I wish I could stay and chat, but we've got a major issue concerning the Internet if the Government gets their wish.
COICA
In the United States, a new law proposal called The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) was introduced last week, and there will be a hearing in front of the Judiciary Committee this Thursday.
If passed, this law will allow the government, under the command of the media companies, to censor the internet as they see fit, like China and Iran do, with the difference that the sites they decide to censor will be completely removed from the internet and not just in the US.
Please see the following article from the Huffington Post for more information.
> Hi there all, I wish I could stay and chat, but we've got a major issue concerning > the Internet if the Government gets their wish. > > COICA > > In the United States, a new law proposal called The Combating Online Infringement and > Counterfeits Act (COICA) was introduced last week, and there will be a hearing in > front of the Judiciary Committee this Thursday. > > If passed, this law will allow the government, under the command of the media > companies, to censor the internet as they see fit, like China and Iran do, with the > difference that the sites they decide to censor will be completely removed from the > internet and not just in the US. > > Please see the following article from the Huffington Post for more information. > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-segal/stop-the-internet-blackli_b_739836.htm > > And if you are a US citizen, please take the time to sign this petition > DemandProgress.org - Petition to Stop the Internet Blacklist!
> > And if you are a US citizen, please take the time to sign this petition > DemandProgress.org - Petition to Stop the Internet Blacklist! > > Oh, and also quit electing politicians who lean socialist... this is what happens.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-3804 Senate Sponsor Patrick Leahy [D-VT] Co-Sponsors Lamar Alexander [R-TN] Evan Bayh [D-IN] Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] Thomas Coburn [R-OK] Richard Durbin [D-IL] Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] Lindsey Graham [R-SC] Charles Grassley [R-IA] Orrin Hatch [R-UT] Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] Herbert Kohl [D-WI] Charles Schumer [D-NY] Arlen Specter [D-PA] George Voinovich [R-OH] Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Quote: The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act still would contain some highly controversial provisions, but senators proposed an amendment Wednesday to strip from the bill language that allowed the Justice Department to publish a blacklist of websites "dedicated to infringing activities."
> Hi there all, I wish I could stay and chat, but we've got a major issue concerning > the Internet if the Government gets their wish. > > COICA > > In the United States, a new law proposal called The Combating Online Infringement and > Counterfeits Act (COICA) was introduced last week, and there will be a hearing in > front of the Judiciary Committee this Thursday. > > If passed, this law will allow the government, under the command of the media > companies, to censor the internet as they see fit, like China and Iran do, with the > difference that the sites they decide to censor will be completely removed from the > internet and not just in the US. > > Please see the following article from the Huffington Post for more information. > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-segal/stop-the-internet-blackli_b_739836.html > > And if you are a US citizen, please take the time to sign this petition > DemandProgress.org - Petition to Stop the Internet Blacklist!
Let me say this, if the Internet gets changed by the government, some of our favorite websites could very well be on that infamous blacklist that we'll never see again. This is serious business!
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