On the heels of SOPA’s defeat, attention is being drawn to two additional measures making the rounds in the domain of global politics. Apparently SOPA is a drop in the bucket compared to the worldwide ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) agreement and the H.R. 1981 bill (Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011) in Congress. …
Updates can be found at the end of the story. A shocking twist has developed in the soap opera of the SOPA bill. During Wednesday’s internet blackout, the overwhelming amount of protest left little doubt that the bill was living on faulty life support. One by one, those who championed SOPA or its sibling PIPA, …
Read our latest updates at the bottom of the post. Today is no ordinary January 18th. In fact today may be a reflection of what this day in January would be a year from now if the SOPA and PIPA bills are passed. Major internet hubs and havens of information such as Wikipedia, Reddit, Wired, …
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