Pin Itemailprint Now that SOPA and PIPA have been shelved, it’s easy to forget how close we came to having a government-controlled internet…and ACTA is still out there! The January 18th blackout was the largest internet protest in American history. The infographic below recounts that momentous day for social media users in tweets, emails, and [...]
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As we’ve mentioned before, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is much worse than SOPA and it’s much worse than PIPA. The politicians know it, the people know it, and Anonymous knows it too. In the message below, the hacktivist internet collective warns of the dangers of ACTA. Watch it now, before it’s too late. Video [...]
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Twitter will now be serving up the latest breaking news and information about what you find interesting – as long as your government allows it. The social networking giant has announced that it will begin censoring tweets in certain countries. “Until now, the only way we could take account of those countries’ limits was to [...]
Fox News is an interesting enigma. At times, they seem to be righting the ship and allowing some of the truth to leak out. Then, there are times like this. Ron Paul was on the other night discussing how, after the South Carolina debates, all the news outlets mentioned the other candidates 80 or 90 [...]
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Don’t look now, but something dark is looking on the horizon. The internet finally put the kibosh on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) last week. Now, along comes its bigger, meaner brother – ACTA! The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreementis even worse than SOPA in that it can pretty much [...]
Never underestimate the power of angry people in large numbers. Today, it is finally safe for the internet to declare victory. The House of Representative and the U.S. Senate have scuttled both the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) AND the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), throwing both pieces of legislation into limbo. The Senate had been [...]
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While Wikipedia was blacking itself out yesterday in protest over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), its regular users were throwing an absolute fit, it would seem. Most of them seemed to be high school and college students who were agitated that their number one source of info was [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Friday, January 19, 2012: – Oil pipeline rejected by White House – Lawyer for cruise ship captain says client is shaken by accident – Snowstorm brings headaches in Washington State – Polar bear cub better after mom left – Oh, and there was also a MASSIVE INTERNET BLACKOUT [...]
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Today, Blippitt, Wikipedia, Reddit, Mozilla, and several other websites have gone dark in an internet-wide protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This dangerous piece of legislation would let the government shutdown (read: censor) websites that even so much as LINK to other questionable websites. SOPA would hurt Wikipedia by forcing it to remove [...]
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Wikipedia may be going dark in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), but don’t worry. Here are all the things you would have looked up today! Check them out below. Watch more Viral Videos here Related articles Rep. Lamar Smith, SOPA Author, Blasts Wikipedia over Blackout (blippitt.com) Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout underway (slashgear.com) Video: [...]
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Here’s some shocking news…in addition to Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) whining about tomorrow’s SOPA/PIPA blackout, the Motion Picture Association of America has decided to join the pity party. Today, the MPAA released a statement calling the tactic a “dangerous gimmick.” If you’d like to throw up a little in your mouth, read part of the [...]
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In what has to be a clear case of a guy who just doesn’t “get it,” SOPA sponsor Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has scheduled a markup session next month in which the bill might be altered. The House Judiciary Committee will not be taking a final vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act. The markup [...]
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