Here are some useful stories posted today from around the web that address the proposed SOPA legislation: Brin says SOPA puts US on par with oppressive nations Former DHS Assistant Secretary Stewart Baker On SOPA 2.0: Still A Disaster For Cybersecurity Do any real people support SOPA? Takedowns and Lawsuits Have Already Started in the …
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SOPA Will Take Away Your Kanye West Lipdubs and Macramé Sons of Anarchy Flickr Account!
The political cartoonist David Rees got pissed off about SOPA enough that he came out of retirement to create new anti-SOPA comics above and here (there’s a lot more censorship yuck-it-ups there than the one that I posted above). Today’s the day–tell your congressional representatives that this kind of big-business-wants-to-rule-the-internet crap is unacceptable!
SOPA, aka the American Censorship Bill, Up For a Vote Tomorrow, Clang on the Bars Long and Loud
The Stop Online Piracy Act is a bad law that will screw up the Internet for Americans in terribly devastating ways. I’m with these guys against SOPA. You should join the fight, too by going here to find out how to call your Congressional representative.
Julian Assange Claims that Massive Holes in iTunes and Other Software Make Widespread Surveillance Easy
According to a report on the International Business Times by Alistair Charlton: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange claims that there is a “flaw” in Apples iTunes that is used by surveillance companies to take over users computers. In a private interview with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism before giving a talk in London on Thursday, Assange …
TheNextWeb Reports that 29 Tech Companies Back SOPA via the BSA
Alex Wilhelm points out on TheNextWeb.com that via the Business Software Alliance (BSA), Microsoft, Apple, and other major software and computer manufacturers support SOPA. Others include Intel and Dell. It is likely that these companies explicitly support Internet censorship, but if they don’t, they should, as Wilhelm suggests, publicly denounce the legislation. To learn more …
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