A bill is moving swiftly through congress that aims to create an internet blacklist that would effectively block our access to certain websites.
From the Huffington Post article on the subject.
"The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) was introduced just one week ago, but it's greased and ready to move, with a hearing in front of the Judiciary Committee this Thursday. If people don't speak out, US citizens could soon find themselves joining Iranians and Chinese in being blocked from accessing broad chunks of the public Internet."
My guess is The Pirate Bay and other Torrent sites will be on the top of the list.
The bill claims to be combating copyright infringement but could it be the pretext for further censoring of the internet. Could Wikileaks be a potential blacklist site?
Read the actual text of the bill on Thomas.
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