In an interview with The Guardian, Web godfather Tim Berners-Lee warns about a proposed US bill called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act that would increase the government’s ability to enforce patents and copyright.
CISPA is the love child of the recently defeated SOPA and PIPA bills that attempted to do more or less the same.
(via futurejournalismproject)
OPEN LETTER TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS: Just weeks after the Internet banded together to beat back SOPA you’ve apparently chosen out your customers. You’re undermining the emerging new dialogue about Internet freedom in America. We need you to back down from your “graduate response” plan.
#Protests Break Out Across #Europe Saturday! Join to Stop #ACTA & #TPP
#internet #censorship #clicktivism #STOPACTA

A new global treaty, ACTA, could allow corporations to police what we do on the Internet. Last week we successfully pushed back the US censorship bills — if we act now, we can get the EU Parliament to bury this new threat — add your voice now!