So, I’m watching a YouTube video (21:12) about SOPA:
DNS BLOCKING — The same website censorship method used by China, Iran and Syria.
The US sets precedents for Internet law around the glove which means censorship could become the new standard.
A few infringing links are enough to block a site full of legal material, and sites become liable for user-posted content.
A website operator could face BLOCKAGES in US web traffic, ad-revenue and search traffic.
As a result, sites’ self-censorship increases dramatically. Fewer startups launch, due to riskier legal climate.
What sites are at greatest risk? Anywhere people are expressing themselves or finding content: social networks, hosting sites, personal pages.
How does this affect any American user and anti-censorship initiatives?
- Sites you visit daily could be blocked
- Email providers may be forced to censor certain links you send or receive
- The links and content you share on social networks will be carefully monitored and possibly censored*
- *No doubt they’ll accidentally remove legitimate links, when looking for infringing links.
- TOR website blocked
- Alternate DNS blocked
- Tools used by democracy activities in China and Iran will be blocked in the US blocked
Could this possibly become the law? Yes. The following two bills have a lot of support in congress, thanks to numerous lobbies.
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References:
- americancensorship.org
- reddit.com/r/sopa
- avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet
- http://tinyurl.com/writetocongress
- tinyurl.com/universalcensors
- tniyurl.com/techdirtsopa
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Of course, I wonder why this SOPA, or whatever is it supposed to do, can NOT stop SPAM altogether?! I keep getting SPAM on drug-related sexual enhancements and weird job offers through my emails and other unwanted spams into my comments section to my WordPress.com blogs. Can it stop online gambling and other illegal and immoral activities, too? Huh? If the laws are working, I shouldn’t be getting SPAM, which taste salty:— which is why I prefer to eat Treat, another type of canned meat. It tastes like bologna!
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