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Originally Posted by x2cool
"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 copanies, 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 form the internet and not just in the US." Don't you guys think that this is going a little overboard? I mean, I don't think that this law will pass, but if it somehow does, what does this mean for us in the U.S?
David Segal: Stop the Internet Blacklist |
This is nothing like "like China and Iran" do. This is about banning sites that engage in illegal activities.
To fight against this (unclearly as you have) is like saying dealing drugs is freedom of speech and should be protected by the First Amendment.
The example in the link is a perfect one. In theory YouTube could be shut down if this bill were to pass. Now think about it. Who in their right mind would use this to go after YouTube. That is political suicide. No one in the US is going to shut down YouTube.