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Bill Would Bar US Companies From Net Censorship

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the accountability-may-make-a-comeback-after-all dept.

Meredith writes "A bill that would penalize companies for assisting repressive regimes in censoring the Internet may finally be headed to a vote. The Global Online Freedom Act 'would not only prevent companies like Yahoo from giving up the goods to totalitarian regimes, but would also prohibit US-based Internet companies from blocking online content from US government or government-financed web sites in other countries.' Unfortunately, there's also a giant loophole: the president would be allowed to waive the provisions of the Act for national security purposes."

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  1. The Bill Should Bill by monxrtr · · Score: 3, Funny

    $150,000 per violation.

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  2. Google China thinks by imyy4u2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    [CENSORED]

  3. umm by superwiz · · Score: 3, Funny

    why bother with the "provision"? i thought we already established that "if the president does it, it's not illegal".

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  4. Re:What's the goal? by mweather · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you think the Chinese people are retarded?

  5. Re:Does that include ours? by Gat0r30y · · Score: 3, Funny

    No way man, you see, we aren't in a repressive regime, we've just been freed from our liberties!

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  6. Re:Does that include ours? by ArcherB · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would that list of "repressive regimes" include the good old USofA? In in the good old USofA and I'm not repressed. Are you? If you are, please call 911 or your local news affiliate because that kind of shit is not allowed here.
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  7. eMancipation Proclamation! by Belial6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe we could call this an "eMancipation Proclamation".