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My friend on facebook sent me this. It’s crazy and something that needs to be dealt with again by the people of this country. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is a gateway law that will enable businesses, and foreign countries to have US sites removed and/or censored on a whim with no court order.

Millions of people around the world spoke out in unison, their voices unable to be ignored. It was a truly remarkable display unlike any other where the entire nation stood together for one cause against one common threat. Millions of voices cried out, and then were suddenly silenced by a single man bypassing the entire government system to do something even worse than what was originally threatened.

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A country known for its enforcement of harsh Internet censorship policies like China could demand under the treaty that an ISP in the United States remove content or terminate a website on its server altogether. As we have seen from the enforcement of similar copyright policies in the US, websites are sometimes targeted for no justifiable reason.

Read the Entire Story http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-signs-global-internet-treaty-worse-than-sopa.html

Many websites are blacked out today to protest proposed U.S. legislation that threatens internet freedom: the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). From personal blogs to Wikipedia, sites all over the web — including this one — are asking you to help stop this dangerous legislation from being passed. Please watch the video below to learn how this legislation will affect internet freedom.