If You Thought SOPA Was Bad, Just Wait Until You Meet ACTA

When sites like Wikipedia and Reddit banded together for a major
blackout January 18th, the impact was felt all the way to Washington
D.C.

The blackout had lawmakers running from the controversial
anti-piracy legislation, SOPA and PIPA, which critics said threatened
freedom of speech online.

Unfortunately for free-speech advocates, censorship is still a serious threat.

Few people have heard of ACTA, or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
Agreement, but the provisions in the agreement are just as pernicious as
anything we saw in SOPA.

Worse, the agreement spans virtually all of
the countries in the developed world, including all of the EU, the
United States, Switzerland and Japan.

Many of these countries have already signed or ratified it, and the cogs
are still turning. The treaty has been secretly negotiated behind the
scenes, with unelected bureaucrats working closely with entertainment
industry lobbyists to craft the provisions in the treaty.

The Bush
administration started the process, but the Obama administration has
aggressively pursued it.

Indeed, we’ve already signed on to the treaty. All it needs now is
Senate ratification.

The time to stop the treaty is now, and we may need
a second global internet blackout to call attention to it.



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Similar source https://hopsinforums.forumotion.com/t2707-acta-signed-by-european-union#37021
but still scary.