End of Free Internet: US Senate Committee Approves Internet "Blacklist" Bill
It seems the lame duck Congressional session is becoming anything but unproductive. Yesterday, we saw the cloture of the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), and today the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act was unanimously approved by the US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday with a 19-0 vote. The COICA has been overwhelmingly viewed by bloggers as a corporate hijacking of the internet by mega-media cartels. Indeed, it's eventual passage will be the end of the free internet as we now it.
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http://www.activistpost.com/2010/11/end-of-free-internet-us-senate.html#more
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