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Tag: SOPA

ACTION ALERT: Tell your Senators to oppose CISPA!

April 27, 2012
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On Thursday April 26th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA (HR 3523) by a vote of 248 to 168. The bill will now move to the Senate for a vote, and we are urging you to contact your Senate representatives to help stop the bill!

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Posted in Action Alerts, Civil Rights Center, Features Tagged CISPA, Congress, Freedom, House of Representatives, Internet, online, PIPA, President Obama, privacy, Senate, SOPA, veto

SOPA and PIPA’s new face threatens civil liberties

April 25, 2012
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CISPA has nearly the same threats to privacy that were introduced in SOPA/PIPA, but even more. In addition to violating rights of privacy and internet usage, the CISPA bill contributes to a growing trend of stripping American citizens of their civil liberties.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged CISPA, civil liberties, government, Internet, PIPA, Security, SOPA, spying

SOPA and PIPA's new face threatens civil liberties

April 25, 2012
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| Categories: Civil Rights Center, Features, Opinion Corner

CISPA has nearly the same threats to privacy that were introduced in SOPA/PIPA, but even more. In addition to violating rights of privacy and internet usage, the CISPA bill contributes to a growing trend of stripping American citizens of their civil liberties.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged CISPA, civil liberties, government, Internet, PIPA, Security, SOPA, spying

ACTA: International Online Censorship

February 7, 2012
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On February 4, approximately 2,000 people marched in protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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Posted in Features Tagged ACTA, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, anti-piracy, copyright infringement, Dima Ansari, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, European Parliament, online censorship, PIPA, SOPA, TPP, Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

New Bills Lead to Online Censorship

January 31, 2012
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On January 18th, the Internet went into widespread protest. Major websites like Google and YouTube urged users to contact their representatives and sign petitions against proposed anti-online piracy legislation. Other sites like Wikipedia and Reddit shut down their sites for the day, and encouraged visitors to use the time they would have spent on the site to fight the bill.

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Posted in Features Tagged Censorship, copyright infringement, Dima Ansari, Facebook, Google, Internet, Megaupload, MPAA, online, online censorship, PIPA, piracy, Protect IP Act, protest, RIAA, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube
 
 
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