http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2012/01/sopa-blackout-who-is-joining-the-protest.html
The anti-piracy legislation before the USA government at the moment will greatly reduce access to information on the internet.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/18/sopa-pipa-consumption-only-internet
"These bills could prevent you participating online again ....a 'consumption only' internet is starting to look like the goal of these bills."
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Scary isn't it. I am not happy that the legislation one country wishes to implement would have world wide ramifications.
So, it's on hold for now, EC, thank goodness.
Thank goodness - definitely.
Sannah: Michael Moore, evidently, came out and said what I suspected,that powers don't want people to be able to communicate with each other in the way that the web enables. The Arab Spring, the London riots, Get Up, etc.
of course, this may not be so.
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