Senator plans first ever Internet-fueled filibuster

[DreamSmoker]

Specifically, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) will filibuster a bill — the Protect IP Act, which aims to fundamentally change the structure of the Internet — with a little help from his friends and admirers online.

In a website launched this week by the left-leaning political action committee Demand Progress, Wyden promises that if the Protect IP Act comes up for a vote in the Senate, he will stage an old-school standing filibuster and speak for as long as his lungs have wind.

The legislation is so broad it could be used to target online anonymity tools used by human rights activists, according to technology advocacy group The Electronic Frontier Foundation. The software Tor, for instance, which has been used to protect activists in Tunisia and Egypt, could be targeted because it can be used to hide one’s IP address when illegally downloading copyrighted content.

Corporations could also use SOPA claims to force companies to stop processing donations to whistleblower sites like WikiLeaks that post documents protected by copyright or containing trade secrets. The bill would additionally require Internet service providers to “take technically feasible and reasonable measures” to block “rogue” sites from their customers, essentially creating a massive Internet blacklist.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/22/senator-plans-first-ever-internet-fueled-filibuster/

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1. Cool! I'm signed up to have my name read to Congress.

[nykym]

2. Signed and

shared on FB!

[msongs]

3. oops...FB.. you forget the I lol nt

[starroute]

4. They've got 50,000 names already -- airming for 100,000 (n/t)

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Wyden has a better understanding of this issue than anyone

on the Hill, and he's taking action.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. The "live" link -- StopCensorship.org...

http://www.stopcensorship.org/

[Irishonly]

7. K&R