A couple weeks ago, a certain bill being passed through the senate was brought to my attention which I could not believe until I researched it myself. The "Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act" (COICA) is making its way through the senate. This bill gives the government the option of blocking certain domain names to the general public by making it required by ISPs (Internet Service Provider) to block the websites put on the government's list. There will also be a second list, which would be websites which ISPs would have the option of blocking. Many ISPs will follow the second list as well because they will then be favored by the government. This policy has the same effect as the one in place in china, and it is scary to think about what this could lead to. Media is already controlled by powerful corporations but the people have a free source of information on the internet. If this is monitored by the government it could greatly handicap the American citizens in knowing the truth about global events, having a similar effect shown in the book Fahrenheit 451.
http://www.eff.org/coica
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