Writer's Block: American Censorship Day!
Nov. 16th, 2011 03:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
burendasan4American Censorship Day!
Today, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. This bill can pass. If it does the Internet and free speech will never be the same. [Learn more here.] Do you support this bill?
The wording of the bill is way too ambiguous and therefore lends itself to abuse. Also, as many people have mentioned, it does not allow for due process (sites must be blocked immediately within 5 days no questions asked). Really scary. Go to the Electronic Frontier Foundation website to find out more. As I am writing this, however, the website seems to be down. :-(
Today, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. This bill can pass. If it does the Internet and free speech will never be the same. [Learn more here.] Do you support this bill?
The wording of the bill is way too ambiguous and therefore lends itself to abuse. Also, as many people have mentioned, it does not allow for due process (sites must be blocked immediately within 5 days no questions asked). Really scary. Go to the Electronic Frontier Foundation website to find out more. As I am writing this, however, the website seems to be down. :-(
