Internet Blacklist

[Draven]

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.

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!

Update: Also for US citizens, you can email your Senator from the following link and tell him or her your concerns about this bill

Tell Your Senator: No Website Blacklists, No Internet Censorship!

Update, from EFF's website: the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed the scheduled markup of the Internet censorship bill — a fantastic outcome, given that the entertainment industry and their allies in Congress had hoped this bill would be quickly approved before the Senators went home for the October recess. Massive thanks to all who used the EFF Action Center to write to your Senators to oppose this bill.

November 12, Update:

The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a markup Nov. 18 on S. 3804, Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act.

Remember to contact your representatives to let them know your opinion on the proposed bill. To find out who are the senators on your state and their contact information, you can visit the U.S. Senate website, by clicking here

Edited November 13, 2010 by Draven

[djij2010]

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[Kiryu13]

This is just another thing that shows government is just trying to take over everything. Remember you exercise your right to VOTE!!!

[R.A.V.S.O]

wow.... so is the truth really that bleak it needs to be hidden and censored?

seriously they take teh internets too serious nowadays

[Kiryu13]

I find it funny that congress is not concentrating on bigger things like there stupid healthcare plan they want to pass (I dont mean to offend anybody, just using it as an example) but instead want to mess around with piety things like this. Oh well I hope these new House Of Reps do there job.