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15 years ago
***This is for a bill that's trying to be pushed into law so any site that infringes on almost anything can/will be black listed!!!***
We just found out that they're bringing back the Internet blacklist bill for a vote on Thursday -- just a week from now!
We've spent the week meeting people in DC and I can tell you our petition is definitely making a difference.
This bill ...was supposed to pass without objection, but now even Politico is calling it "hotly debated" -- all thanks to you.
We've found the most effective way to get through to senators is for constituents to call in. Your senator, Dianne Feinstein, is on the committee that gets the first vote on the bill.
Can you take a second to call her? We'll give you her number and some tips on what to say --
Senator Dianne Feinstein:(202) 224-3841
Hi, this is (Your name), a constituent from (your city).
**I'm calling to urge Sen. Feinstein to vote no on S. 3804. S. 3804 would set up the first Internet censorship regime in the United States, allowing the Attorney General to force American ISPs to block certain websites. This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.**
Remember, this bill--in blatant violation of the Constitution--would let the Attorney General create a blacklist of websites that every American ISP would be required to block.
Wikileaks, YouTube, and others are all at risk. Human rights advocates, constitutional law experts, and the people who invented the Internet have all spoken out against this bill -- but some of the most powerful industries in the country are demanding that Congress rush it through.
The music industry is even having all of their employees call Congress to pose as citizens in support of the bill.
We need to fight back -- can you call Sen.Feinstein right now?
It just takes a minute,
Keep on fighting,
-- Aaron Swartz, David Segal, and the Demand Progress team
P.S. Can you please forward our petition to your friends?
Tell them to visit http://act.demandprogress.org/go/9?.....sOysQS&t=6 -- so far over 250,000 people have signed. Can you help us hit 300,000 before the vote?
We just found out that they're bringing back the Internet blacklist bill for a vote on Thursday -- just a week from now!
We've spent the week meeting people in DC and I can tell you our petition is definitely making a difference.
This bill ...was supposed to pass without objection, but now even Politico is calling it "hotly debated" -- all thanks to you.
We've found the most effective way to get through to senators is for constituents to call in. Your senator, Dianne Feinstein, is on the committee that gets the first vote on the bill.
Can you take a second to call her? We'll give you her number and some tips on what to say --
Senator Dianne Feinstein:(202) 224-3841
Hi, this is (Your name), a constituent from (your city).
**I'm calling to urge Sen. Feinstein to vote no on S. 3804. S. 3804 would set up the first Internet censorship regime in the United States, allowing the Attorney General to force American ISPs to block certain websites. This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.**
Remember, this bill--in blatant violation of the Constitution--would let the Attorney General create a blacklist of websites that every American ISP would be required to block.
Wikileaks, YouTube, and others are all at risk. Human rights advocates, constitutional law experts, and the people who invented the Internet have all spoken out against this bill -- but some of the most powerful industries in the country are demanding that Congress rush it through.
The music industry is even having all of their employees call Congress to pose as citizens in support of the bill.
We need to fight back -- can you call Sen.Feinstein right now?
It just takes a minute,
Keep on fighting,
-- Aaron Swartz, David Segal, and the Demand Progress team
P.S. Can you please forward our petition to your friends?
Tell them to visit http://act.demandprogress.org/go/9?.....sOysQS&t=6 -- so far over 250,000 people have signed. Can you help us hit 300,000 before the vote?
In a nut shell "anything that infringes any copyright, improper, things the Gov just does not like can be black listed"
here is a direct link to the Bill.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bil.....bill=s111-3804