Fwd: Save the Internet

Wed Nov 16 18:41:46 CST 2011

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From: Luis Morago - Avaaz.org <avaaz at avaaz.org>
Date: Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Subject: Save the Internet
To: "tonia.mpekou at gmail.com" <tonia.mpekou at gmail.com>

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Dear friends,

  <http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?cl=1391516807&v=11161>
*Right now, the US Congress is debating a law that would give them the
power to censor the world's Internet* -- creating a blacklist that could
target YouTube, WikiLeaks and even Avaaz! Now if we stand with key members
of the US Congress, we can defeat this attempt at global Internet
censorship. *Click here and help build an unprecedented global
petition*for a free and open Internet:

[image: Sign the
petition]<http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?cl=1391516807&v=11161>
Right now, the US Congress is debating a law that would *give them the
power to censor the world's Internet* -- creating a blacklist that could
target YouTube, WikiLeaks and even groups like Avaaz!

Under the new law, *the US could force Internet providers to block any
website on suspicion of violating copyright or trademark legislation,* or
even failing to sufficiently police their users' activities. And, because
so much of the Internet's hosts and hardware are located in the US, their
blacklist would clamp down on the free web for all of us.

*The vote could happen any day now,* but we can help stop this -- champions
in Congress want to preserve free speech and tell us that an international
outcry would strengthen their hand. Let’s urgently raise our voices from
every corner of the world and build an unprecedented global petition
calling on US decision makers to reject the bill and* stop Internet
censorship. Click below to sign and then forward as widely as possible* --
our message will be delivered directly to key members of the US Congress
ahead of the crucial vote:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?vl<http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?cl=1391516807&v=11161>

For years, *the US government has condemned countries like China and Iran
for their clampdown on Internet use.* But now, the impact of America's new
censorship laws could be far worse -- effectively blocking sites to every
Internet user across the globe.

Last year, a similar Internet censorship bill was killed before reaching
the US Senate floor, but it's now back in a different form. *Copyright laws
already exist and are enforced by courts.* But this new law goes much
further -- granting the government and* big corporations enormous powers to
force service providers and search engines to block websites* based just on
allegations of violations -- without a trial or being found guilty of any
crime!

US free speech advocates have already raised the alarm, and some key
Senators are trying to gather enough support to stop this dangerous bill.
We have no time to lose. *Let's stand with them to ensure American
lawmakers preserve the right to a free and open Internet *as an essential
way for people around the world to exchange ideas, share communication and
work collectively to build the world we want. Sign below to stop US
censorship, and save the Internet as we know it:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?vl<http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?cl=1391516807&v=11161>

In the past months, from the Arab Spring to the global Occupy Movement,
we've seen first hand how the Internet can galvanize, unify and change the
world. Now, if we stand together, we can stop this new attack on Internet
freedom. We've done it before -- in Brazil and Italy, Avaaz members have
won major victories in the fight for a free Internet. *Let's take the fight
global, and mobilize to defeat the most powerful censorship threat that the
Internet has ever seen. *

With hope,

Luis, Dalia, Diego, Emma, Ricken, Aaron, Antonia, Benjamin and the rest of
the Avaaz team

More information:

Op-Ed: Blacklist Bill allows Feds to remove websites from Internet (Digital
Journal)
http://digitaljournal.com/article/313463

Disastrous IP Legislation Is Back – And It's Worse than Ever (EFF)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/disastrous-ip-legislation-back-%E2%80%93-and-it%E2%80%99s-worse-ever

Silicon Valley legislators oppose online piracy act (SFGate)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/15/BUO81LV0KI.DTL

House Hearing on Stop Online Piracy Act Scheduled (PC World)
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243659/house_hearing_on_stop_online_piracy_act_scheduled.html

Growing Chorus of Opposition to "Stop Online Piracy Act"
https://www.cdt.org/report/growing-chorus-opposition-stop-online-piracy-act

The stop online piracy act: summary, problems, and implications
https://www.cdt.org/files/pdfs/SOPA%202-pager%20final.pdf

Why Is Justin Bieber So Pissed Off?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/why-is-justin-bieber-so-p_b_1071055.html
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