{"id":7989,"date":"2011-11-18T11:19:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T19:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2011-11-18T11:19:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T19:19:54","slug":"congressional-effort-to-censor-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2011\/11\/18\/congressional-effort-to-censor-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressional Effort to Censor the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media\"><object width=\"580\" height=\"326\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=31100268&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00adef&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" \/><embed width=\"580\" height=\"326\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=31100268&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00adef&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>The &#8216;Protect IP&#8217; bill before Congress would give corporations and the government the power to completely shut down internet sites without any due process just for posting a single copyright infringing link. So for a site like Facebook, if a single user posted a single copyrighted something or other, the government could simply pull the plug on Facebook and turn it off.<\/p>\n<p>But chances are the law would be used to stifle expression and ideas from smaller sites. The government would simply have to accuse a site of being engaged in piracy and that site would be effectively terminated.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a terrifying abuse of power. It would complete destroy the internet and anything resembling freedom of communication. This is a glaring example of how a small number of large corporations have taken total control of the Unites States government.<\/p>\n<p>You can sign a petition and learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/fightforthefuture.org\/pipa\/\">fightforthefuture.org\/pipa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Protect IP&#8217; bill before Congress would give corporations and the government the power to completely shut down internet sites without any due process just for posting a single copyright infringing link. 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