US and EU sign ACTA, global internet censorship treaty
January 28, 2012
Brasscheck TV
1/27/2012
Months before websites all over the internet voluntarily went dark in protest of SOPA, the internet censorship bill which was being considered by congress, Obama signed onto the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
He did so way back in October of last year using his claimed authority to make ‘executive agreements’, which basically means he doesn’t intend to, or even believe he needs to, get the congress to ratify this TREATY.
Yesterday the European Union signed onto ACTA without any debate.
ACTA has become a reality far worse for internet freedom than either SOPA or PIPA ever even threatened to be.
Here’s what you really need to know about ACTA…
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Harold
SOPA was first and now we have ACTA that will be a great deal more dangerous in Europe in particular. If you work with You tube, Facebook or twitter or have at any time shared a song clip you will soon be a criminal.
Website owners across the world ought to protest against these latest limits on our web freedoms. As soon as these laws are enacted, our lives will sadly never be the same again.