Right now, the US 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 .....
The “Stop Online Piracy Act,” or SOPA, gives corporations the power to
blacklist websites at will. And it violates the due process rights of
the thousands of Internet users who could see their sites disappear.
This bill (HR 3261) was intended to discourage illegal copyright
violations, but it addresses this problem by giving corporations far too
much authority over free speech on the Internet. It deputizes the
private sector with broad powers to disconnect the URLs of any website
corporations contend are behaving improperly.
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 any day now,
but we can help stop this -- champions in Congress want to preserve
free speech and tell us that an international outcry would strengthen
their hand. Let’s urgently raise our voices from every corner of the
world and build an unprecedented global petition calling on US decision
makers to reject the bill and stop Internet censorship. Sign now and then forward as widely as possible -- our message will be delivered directly to key members of the US Congress ahead of the crucial vote.
http://www.savetheinternet.com/
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No government has the right to take away our rights to use the internet freely.
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