Tag Archives: 'SOPA'

Zombie law: CISPA cyber bill resurrected from the dead
14 February 2013

The two US lawmakers responsible for last year’s failed cybersecurity bill known as CISPA are reintroducing the act, and renewed interest from Washington means it might have a fighting chance this time at being [...]

Visionary internet activist Aaron Swartz found dead; was this brilliant internet revolutionary ‘taken out?’
14 January 2013

by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) Adding to the list of mysterious deaths that have happened over the last few days, internet visionary and brilliant internet activist Aaron Swartz was found dead yesterday. Swartz, [...]

Fault Lines : Controlling the web (movie)
14 August 2012

In January 2012, two controversial pieces of legislation were making their way through the US Congress. SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Protect Intellectual Property Act, were meant to crack down [...]

Yes, activism works: European Parliament votes down ACTA by wide margin
05 July 2012

by Madison Ruppert In a surprising and exciting move, the European Parliament refused to ratify the freedom-crushing Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) anti-piracy treaty by a massive 478 to 39 vote with 165 abstentions. According [...]

10 Failed Attempts by the Government to Control the Internet
10 June 2012

by Christine Kane, Contributor The topic that was dangling at the forefront of most American’s minds at the end of 2011, and even seeping into the beginning of 2012, was the fate of the [...]

E-Batmen to the rescue: Craigslist, Reddit onboard Internet Defense League
29 May 2012

Inspired by fruitful virtual protests against the SOPA and PIPA online piracy bills, Internet activists have united their forces and formed an organization to protect the web from “bad laws and monopolies.” The idea [...]

Copyright Claims Shut Down Websites With No Proof or Due Process
05 May 2012

by Eric Blair Who needs SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) or the international ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) when companies can have websites or YouTube channels removed simply by claiming their content has been infringed? That [...]

Firefox creators Mozilla attack Congress; denounce CISPA
03 May 2012

Silicon Valley’s Mozilla Corporation has tasked themselves with extinguishing a fire, and no, it’s not what you have in mind. Mozilla, the Mountain View, California-based developers responsible for creating the hugely successful Firefox Web [...]

21 Questions ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Ask
01 May 2012

by Michael Snyder, Contributor Do you ever get the feeling that the mainstream media is feeding you a very watered-down and twisted version of the news? Do you ever get the feeling that the federal government [...]

Elite Power Threatened by Global Technological Progress
22 April 2012

Pentagon’s Fear of Technological Progress Mirrors Global Elite’s Fear of Progress in General.  by Tony Cartalucci, Contributor US Army General Martin Dempsey delivered an April 2012  speech at Harvard University where he addressed what he calls the “security [...]

800+ major corporations and U.S. Chamber of Commerce support internet freedom-crushing CISPA
18 April 2012

by Madison Ruppert It’s quite sad for me to say that over 3 million businesses in the United States represented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, not to mention 800+ other major corporations (see below list), all have shown [...]