http://americancensorship.org/

"Congress is about to pass internet censorship, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need to kill the bill - PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House - to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity.

The Senate is scheduled to vote on the internet censorship bill on Tuesday, January 24th, and unless we can find 41 senators to block the vote, it is going to pass. Will you meet with your senators during the January recess and ask them to vote it down?"

If you go to the link at the top (americancensorship.org) you can send a pre wrote letter to congress pleading them to stop this bill from passing

Do your part! This will effect the entire world. The internet is controlled by the United States.

http://youtu.be/1w6GtwOvnWM

Does anyone see the irony in this besides me?

You have got to be ****ing kidding me,noone sees the ****ing irony in this at all?

Many of us have already written our congressmen on this

This is a list of contributions made by organizations that support this legislation..

Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups
Name Amount Received
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $668,192
Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28] $590,398
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] $557,107
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6] $486,927
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8] $465,500
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1] $438,839
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8] $416,100
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13] $409,019
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8] $403,800
Rep. Gary Peters [D, MI-9] $395,798

Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $3,502,624
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $2,648,770
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $2,080,651
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $1,431,843
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $1,364,872
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $1,363,009
Sen. Patrick Toomey [R, PA] $1,291,744
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] $1,019,172
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] $911,296
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT] $905,310

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3261/money

Reddit joins anti-SOPA internet blackout

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Instead of the normal (as self-described) "glorious, user-curated chaos" that is social news site Reddit, users on January 18th will instead find despair/nothingness/an urge to take action as the site joins the anti-SOPA internet blackout.

From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST, Reddit will display "a simple message" about how the PIPA/SOPA legislation will shut down sites like Reddit, along with a link to resources to learn more and suggested ways to take action, according to a post the site put up on Tuesday.

The blackout will coincide with that day’s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on internet security, intellectual property and economic growth - a hearing that Reddit will feature in a live video stream.

The legislation is scheduled for a vote in the US Senate (that would be the PIPA version - i.e., Protect IP Act of 2011) on Jan. 24.

The PIPA/SOPA legislation would allow the Department of Justice to demand that search engines, social networking sites and domain name services block access to sites that are deemed to be "dedicated to infringing activities".

In some cases, action could be taken to block websites without first allowing alleged infringers to defend themselves in court.

Opponents claim that both versions of the bill violate the First Amendment, compromise internet security, and threaten technology innovation.

Supporters defend the bill by saying that it would be aimed at sleazy overseas operators, not at nice US businesses.

An army of internet bigwigs has considered taking part in the blackout, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, PayPal, Yahoo and Wikipedia.

Anonymous is joining in the blackout, promising a Tweet cone of silence, while Wikipedia is still mulling participation.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has written that he's “all in favor” of the blackout, and that "it would be great if [Wikipedia] could act quickly to coordinate with Reddit."

Markham Erickson, executive director of trade association NetCoalition, told FoxNews that the companies are considering this "unprecedented" action - which will spell desolation for hordes of their own users - because the stakes are so high. In his own words:

This type of thing doesn't happen because companies typically don't want to put their users in that position. The difference is that these bills so fundamentally change the way the internet works. People need to understand the effect this special-interest legislation will have on those who use the internet.

Here's how Reddit explains its choice to participate:

The freedom, innovation, and economic opportunity that the internet enables is in jeopardy. Congress is considering legislation that will dramatically change your internet experience and put an end to Reddit and many other sites you use everyday. Internet experts, organizations, companies, entrepreneurs, legal experts, journalists, and individuals have repeatedly expressed how dangerous this bill is. If we do nothing, Congress will likely pass the Protect IP Act (in the Senate) or the Stop Online Piracy Act (in the House), and then the President will probably sign it into law.

Alternatives to the blackout aimed at more directly hurting SOPA-supporting companies where it matters - in their profitability - have included boycotts of businesses that support SOPA.

One notable instance was Dump GoDaddy Day, a boycott precipitated by the impression that the company has flip-flopped on the legislation - initially supporting the act, which appeared in October, and then pulling back to a neutral position of neither support nor outright condemnation of SOPA.

Dump GoDaddy Day on December 29th resulted in the company losing about 72,000 domains, according to Infowars.com.

Tumblr, for its part, generated 87,834 calls to Congress with its anti-SOPA campaign. According to FoxNews, that's a total of 1,293 total hours spent talking to representatives.

As OpenCongress notes, now is the crucial time to stop the legislation.

The site has a thorough explanation of the Byzantine rules that make this so, but to sum it up, the coming vote can be blocked by a 41% minority. After that, the only way of stopping the bill is for opponents to vote it down with a majority: more than 50%.

Now is the time to do something, whether it's head down to Washington with or without a Meetup group (Reddit will feature links for this on blackout day) or contact your legislator (OpenCongress makes it easy).
(From a Post on my FB-Page)

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/01/13/reddit-joins-anti-sopa-internet-blackout/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=status+message&utm_campaign=naked+security

I see it, but I was too busy in shock about the statement that the United States controls the world wide web,,,,,,

Ratio of Dems to Repubs on this list is interesting in a easy to figure kinda way.....

support the bill

diminish drug use and abuse,,,,

Contact congress today and tell them to stop the SOPA and PIPA bills from passing! Blackout in progress.

My quick letter to my senator, Patty Murry:

Patty Murry, Your twin sister was my 8th grade teacher. One time you came in and played a trick on us and we didn't notice you where pretending to be the teacher. I have always looked up to you as a senator and a strong human being. Now I'm 21 not 13 years old anymore.

More aware of whats going on around me. America is a wonderful country but with this upcoming election and as a gay male I am worried about Americas direction and my future as one of its citizens.

Today I bring your attention to something specific; I am asking for your common sense today to please appose the SOPA and PIPA bills. They go against everything this country stands for. Freedom & Diversity! As a young adult in America I expect freedom of information and knowledge to be available to understand this world clearly, because as you know; the general population is flooded with political influenced media that is already censored. Leaving me with the internet to explore my own truths.

Information and knowledge should not being controlled and censored to some unethical "standards" Whose right is it to set those standards? The internet was made 100% by the people for the purpose of serving the people. The government has no right to interfere with what we have all worked to hard to create. A world of information and truth and wittiness.. :) Let the internet serve its purpose and stop congress from ruining all of its wonder and diversity.

You cant censor the people. Its wrong.

Thank you so much for your time.

Sincerely "One of your voters" -Ian Shannon

Why is that shocking? It's true. Or did you just not know that ICANN (an American company under contract with the US Government) controls the internet?

No, could you point it out to me?

And Harry 'no tax paying' Reid walks away with the biggest chunk-o-change.

If you guys have been to Google today, the Google name is blacked out. If you wish to vote against government censorship, just click on the black bra over the Google logo. It only takes a sec. I think Wiki is also offering the petition.

Censorship is fine, on privately owned websites, where rules are established. Blanket censorship, by the government, is entirely a different story, as it effects the entire world wide web.

that is what is great about mingle2. anyone can post anything at anytime without the fear of

Yep, I saw that to.
Great post.
Naw, I ain't tryin' ta' kiss up!!



https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

They all hear the backlash. Obama will not sign it as is and the authors of the bill have pulled their names from it.