Censorship, forums, freedom, crime

[Snoopy]

So what's the crack here then?

American Censorship Day November 16 - Join the fight to stop SOPA

[radarmark]

See COICA Fact Sheet | Stop the Internet Blacklist! | Demand Progress. It is Senate Bill to allow the federal governement to seek court ordersd to have providers block all access to sites. Primarily driven by copyright infringement cases that have gone against the holders thereof (Viacon vs YouTube in post). Just the first step down a slippery slope.

[bhaktajan]

Kali-yuga is known as the “Age of quarrel & hypocracy”
---well the diametrically opposite-concern-worlds of the OP proceeds on-course:

Muslim nations end anti-defamation push:
…the concept ran against international law and free speech, and left the way open for tough “blasphemy” laws like those in Pakistan …
Muslim nations end anti-defamation push | The Media Project

Pakistan's blasphemy laws have left even judges in fear of their lives
Pakistan's blasphemy laws have left even judges in fear of their lives | Declan Walsh | Comment is free | The Guardian

Wikipedia:
Blasphemy law in Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Snoopy]

Today's the day!

Save the internet!

[NiceCupOfTea]

Originally Posted by Snoopy

Today's the day!

Save the internet!

in the early days the internet was a tool for freedom, now days it seems to be a tool for marketing, control and manipulation.

Either that or I am just not switched on enough and looking in the wrong place.

[Saltmeister]

So ...... we're not going to be able to download porn anymore?

[A Cup Of Tea]

I would say that porn is healthy for the American market, so you're probably good.

[Snoopy]

Maybe goodbye to forums with 'contentious' content...?

[Vajradhara]

almost anything resembling someone speaking from their heart can be construed as some manner of non-pc related hate speech by some group if they really have an itch to scratch, especially in the age of the 10 second sound bite and out of context quoting.

i dislike the whole idea behind this nebulous idea of censoring what some, clearly, unelected bureaucrat has deemed to be worthy of censoring, limiting access to and controlling knowledge and ideas is not something governments of free people should be doing, imo.

~v

[bob x]

Originally Posted by NiceCupOfTea

in the early days the internet was a tool for freedom, now days it seems to be a tool for marketing, control and manipulation.

[It is] inconceivable that we should allow so great a possibility for service and for news and for entertainment and education [as radio] ... to be drowned in advertising chatter or used for commercial purposes.
Herbert Hoover, 1922

[I, Brian]

The internet is a tool for communications. It's no more a tool for "freedom" than a telephone.

[Saltmeister]

Originally Posted by I, Brian

The internet is a tool for communications. It's no more a tool for "freedom" than a telephone.

I never thought of that analogy.

A telephone ..... I'd really like to censor prank calls ..... but unfortunately, a person can choose, at the last-second to not turn it into a prank.

But if a person consistently makes prank calls, they could be reported to the Telephone Police.

Speaking of analogies, what about a prank web page, or ..... telephone porn?

[Snoopy]

The day of protest is upon us -

BBC News - Wikipedia joins web blackout in Sopa protest

[Saltmeister]

Originally Posted by Snoopy

The day of protest is upon us -

BBC News - Wikipedia joins web blackout in Sopa protest

Is there a way to download Wikipedia onto my computer so that if this happens again, I won't be dying of information starvation?

[Snoopy]

Originally Posted by Saltmeister

Is there a way to download Wikipedia onto my computer so that if this happens again, I won't be dying of information starvation?

Frantic copying and pasting might slow the decline, but eventually we will only have the thoughts that Rupert Murdoch wants us to have.