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Can you imagine the Internet without YouTube? Banning YouTube (YT) from the Net is tantamount to crippling online education and business. It’s just fortunate that YT is a subsidiary of Google. An attack on YT is an attack on Google. And fighting with the Big G is just plain stupid.
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
Occupy Protesters Return to Manhattan
‘Occupy Wall Street protesters are back inside the lower Manhattan park that has been their home for almost two months, despite losing a tense legal battle with New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and the site’s owners.
‘Almost 16 hours after police moved in and cleared Zuccotti Park of the protesters and their tents, a New York supreme court judge ruled that the city had not breached their first amendment rights…’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/16/occupy-wall-street-return-manhattan-park
Occupy Wall Street Fights Back for Zuccotti Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqbU5hET7XE
So glad you caught that You Tube/Internet issue, Poch. I posted it on Face Book and never got even a “like” from anyone.
Are we all numb??
LOL Most netizens are dear Amy. And your fans can’t picture you in politics.
is it true??
It’s not the end yet of YouTube Shebin. But the threat on its censorship is very real. Avaaz is a respected org. Expect more posts by me on Internet censorship because that threat will never stop and you can bet on that.