SOPA has NOT been postponed to 2012! , page
Pages:
ATS Members have flagged this thread 2 times
Topic started on 17-12-2011 @ 03:25 PM by cetaphobic

Despite the fact that Congress was supposed to be out of session until the end of January, the Judiciary Committee has just announced plans to come back to continue the markup this coming Wednesday. This is rather unusual and totally unnecessary. But it shows just how desperate Hollywood is to pass this bill as quickly as possible, before the momentum of opposition builds up even further.

To take action against this, which we CLEARLY need to keep doing, visit the
Electronic Frontier Foundation.



As drafted, the legislation would grant the government and private parties unprecedented power to interfere with the Internet's domain name system (DNS). The government would be able to force ISPs and search engines to redirect or dump users' attempts to reach certain websites' URLs. In response, third parties will woo average users to alternative servers that offer access to the entire Internet (not just the newly censored U.S. version), which will create new computer security vulnerabilities as the reliability and universality of the DNS evaporates.

We can not rest on an incomplete victory, we need to keep fighting! Contact your representatives, and let them know how very, VERY wrong this is!

Source
edit on 17-12-2011 by cetaphobic because: (no reason given)

Pages:     ^^TOP^^



Have You Seen the Attention-Grabbing New TIME Cover?
  Posted 19 days ago with 31 member flags
The one topic even TED won\'t touch: Income Inequality
  Posted 13 days ago with 10 member flags
Denying Ignorance about Copyright
  Posted 13 days ago with 9 member flags
Dan Rather Slams Corporate Media
  Posted 9 days ago with 9 member flags