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SAVE THE INTERNET

brodinsons:

Right now, Congress is debating a law that would give them the power to censor the world’s Internet — creating a blacklist that could target YouTube, WikiLeaks and even groups like Avaaz!

Under the new law, the US could force Internet providers to block any website on suspicion of violating copyright or trademark legislation, or even failing to sufficiently police their users’ activities. And, because so much of the Internet’s hosts and hardware are located in the US, their blacklist would clamp down on the free web for all of us.

The vote could happen at any time now, but we can help stop this — champions in Congress want to preserve free speech and tell us that a global outcry would strengthen their hand, and one of them — Senator Wyden — says he will “filibuster” or block any vote on the bill by reading out our petition names until the clock runs out! Let’s urgently raise our voices from every corner of the world to build an unprecedented global petition.

MORE NEWS:

• Sources Op-Ed: Blacklist Bill allows Feds to remove websites from Internet (Digital Journal)
• Disastrous IP Legislation Is Back – And It’s Worse than Ever (EFF)
• Silicon Valley legislators oppose online piracy act (SFGate)
• House Hearing on Stop Online Piracy Act Scheduled (PC World)
• Growing Chorus of Opposition to “Stop Online Piracy Act”
• The stop online piracy act: summary, problems, and implications
• Stop Online Piracy Act
• PROTECT IP Act

(via clockworkjerk)