Thursday, September 30, 2010

America, Land of The Free....Wait what?



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!
Posted by Telia Tuli at 12:51 AM

27 comments:

  1. NameSeptember 30, 2010 at 3:41 AM

    They want us to be as smart as ships

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  2. maxSeptember 30, 2010 at 4:14 AM

    ow common they want to make internet a boring place..

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  3. UnknownSeptember 30, 2010 at 4:29 AM

    This doesn't surprise me one bit, sadly....

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  4. CSSeptember 30, 2010 at 4:58 AM

    Censor the internet?

    Really, are they serious?

    Haha, good luck with that one!

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  5. Anders SvenssonSeptember 30, 2010 at 5:51 AM

    Don't think it's possible.

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  6. tonyman33September 30, 2010 at 5:56 AM

    lol free country my ass

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  7. mafiasoSeptember 30, 2010 at 6:31 AM

    I've red about this just some minutes ago. I hope it doesn't get through

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  8. JohnnySeptember 30, 2010 at 6:41 AM

    Well i wouldn't be surprised if this thing pulls off, as seems that the US government pushes out crazy laws whenever they feel like doing so..

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  9. RandomlyRatedSeptember 30, 2010 at 6:57 AM

    signed and approved

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  10. MoggetsSeptember 30, 2010 at 7:03 AM

    If it passes other countrys will follow, its disgusting trying to censor the internet.

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  11. JooLampSeptember 30, 2010 at 7:16 AM

    Censoring the internet would be like taking away free speech... unconttollable and chaotic. That bill will never go through

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  12. Nie MandSeptember 30, 2010 at 7:29 AM

    I'm happy that I don't live in the USA

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  13. LulzSeptember 30, 2010 at 7:37 AM

    ACTA -.-

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  14. anon1337September 30, 2010 at 7:47 AM

    Whilst this is terrifying, I never actually see it happening though.

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  15. OllySeptember 30, 2010 at 8:17 AM

    They can't be serious.

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  16. CrammarcSeptember 30, 2010 at 8:21 AM

    hope this never happens

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  17. DerpFilesSeptember 30, 2010 at 8:31 AM

    I'm not sure that the US Government can get their shit together long enough to do this. Congress is so ineffectual these days and passing legislation like this doesn't seem to have any real political benefit for the Congressmen.

    We'll have to see. Thanks for your thoughts, I'll spread the word on my blog too.

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  18. Lumpy Space PrincessSeptember 30, 2010 at 8:52 AM

    If they censor the internet then shit just got real.
    :|

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  19. mickvpSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:24 AM

    pretty sure there trying to do this in australia to its redic

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  20. John PowelSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:28 AM

    internet should not be censored

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  21. PaulSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:36 AM

    This is scary, i am scared

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  22. AnduSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:51 AM

    I was discussing this at my fav pub last night and the conclusion we reached is that it's utterly retarded. The internet is the last bastion of free speech, it's pretty damn obvious that They don't want that. At all.

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  23. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:57 AM

    GOOD LUCK! GODSPEED!

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  24. CrammarcSeptember 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM

    free the internet

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  25. BunnySMGSeptember 30, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    Nope sorry, don't buy it.

    This has to be bullshit.

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  26. Politically Challenged.September 30, 2010 at 10:26 AM

    This is so god damn stupid, we need to stop this now, I'm from the UK, but it will happen to us to, the internet must continue to be free!

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  27. AnonymousOctober 1, 2010 at 12:17 AM

    No country is free. All the world leaders work together behind the scenes.

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