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Benpasko
Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:26 am Posts: 1633
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 Internet Freedom
Alright mother ♥♥♥♥, this ♥♥♥♥'s important. The Internet is once again under attack by ignorant honkies, and it's up to everyone to stop them from suceeding. Oh, I also have an infographic by the kind people at americancensorship.org 
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:49 am |
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Miggles
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:39 am Posts: 4556
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 Re: Internet Freedom
If you go to google 'demand progress', you can subscribe to a form where just about every week you can vote against this. It's quickly growing to be a very large opponent of Internet Censorship. Hundreds of thousands of people are opposing the new laws.
Much of the American population vs. a bunch of shithead congressmen doesn't add up in their favor very well.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:24 am |
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Duh102
happy carebear mom
Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:40 am Posts: 7094 Location: b8bbd5
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 Re: Internet Freedom
SOPA is currently looking unlikely to pass (due to massive call + mail + email flood), Protect IP hasn't gone to the Senate floor yet (though it's going to sometime this week). Just an update on the above infographic.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:02 am |
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Sothe
Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:34 am Posts: 2034
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 Re: Internet Freedom
When I heard this bill might be passed I really started to panic. A horrible feeling I've never felt before. Like I actually feared my country, and wanted to leave. I still sometimes think about it, and it just makes me even more distressed. I even thought about violent protest. Woohoo
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:56 am |
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Metal Chao
Joined: Sat May 05, 2007 6:04 pm Posts: 2901
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 Re: Internet Freedom
violent protest is literally never a good idea
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:08 pm |
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caekdaemon
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:00 pm Posts: 4143 Location: Hell.
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 Re: Internet Freedom
Is there anyway for me to assist? I do not live in the United States, so I wont be affected by any legislation.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:24 pm |
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Natti
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:05 am Posts: 3877
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 Re: Internet Freedom
What caek asked.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:44 pm |
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Bad Boy
Joined: Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:48 am Posts: 662 Location: Halifax, Canada
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 Re: Internet Freedom
Don't want to linkspam, especially since I don't say much here but this is a pretty easy way to at least do something about it: http://avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?fpAnd Avaaz has done a lot of great things so I'd recommend joining them anyway. Also, we'll probably be affected by it outside of the US, to quote from the link I just posted "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." So here's hoping this doesn't go through.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:03 pm |
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Asklar
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:01 am Posts: 6211 Location: In your office, earning your salary.
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Bad Boy wrote: "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." So here's hoping this doesn't go through. Specially this. Censorship isn't a good idea. Or maybe it is, but this sounds very sctrict.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:12 pm |
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Shook
Joined: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:43 pm Posts: 1695 Location: AH SHIT FUCK AUGH
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 Re: Internet Freedom
Dammit 'murican government, y u made of faggolithic dumbstone? This is a horrible bill and it will hurt the entire world, and i can't believe they're even considering this! I'm direly hoping that it will crash and burn. With me being in Denmark though, i doubt my opinion would matter a lot to them, but i signed up for that Avaaz thing anyways.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:35 pm |
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Natti
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:05 am Posts: 3877
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 Re: Internet Freedom
Same here. I'd really hate to see the oh-so-praised freedom of Ammurica go that way.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:25 pm |
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Asklar
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:01 am Posts: 6211 Location: In your office, earning your salary.
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 Re: Internet Freedom
Would you imagine how life would be with almost every good web page blocked?
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:40 pm |
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Sothe
Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:34 am Posts: 2034
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 Re: Internet Freedom
4chan was one of the sites threatened to be blocked. Also tumblr, but that might have been a good thing not having to deal with all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fan art.
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:20 am |
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Nonsequitorian
Data Realms SUPER Elite
Joined: Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:06 pm Posts: 3717 Location: Over there.
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 Re: Internet Freedom
God damnit Leahy. We voted for you because we thought you'd do something useful.
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:14 am |
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Duh102
happy carebear mom
Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:40 am Posts: 7094 Location: b8bbd5
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 Re: Internet Freedom
IT IS A BED OF PIRACY AND CLOSING IT ALONE WILL CREATE 10 THOUSAND AMERICAN JOBS RIGHT THAT SECOND. PEOPLE WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY UNEMPLOYED WILL FIND BILLS BEING PAID RIGHT OUT OF THEIR MAILBOX.
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