January 18, 2012: Dropping the SOPA

Posted By Ryan Young On January 18, 2012 @ 3:12 pm In All Episodes | 2 Comments

Wikipedia, Reddit, and other popular websites all went black today to protest SOPA and PIPA, two bills currently before Congress. Critics charge that the bills could potentially shut down the Internet as we know it. Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia ^[1] explains how the bills would work, and how they would indeed stifle free speech ^[2].

 

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Article printed from Liberty Week: http://www.libertyweek.org

URL to article: http://www.libertyweek.org/2012/01/18/january-18-2012-dropping-the-sopa/

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[1] Ryan Radia: http://cei.org/expert/ryan-radia

[2] stifle free speech: http://cei.org/op-eds-articles/why-sopa-threatens-dmca-safe-harbor

[3] Image: http://www.libertyweek.org/podpress_trac/web/2263/0/libertyweek120118.mp3

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