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UNBELIEVABLE!!
According to Google and YouTube, requests by the U.S. Government to remove websites or videos have increased significantly.
"Interestingly, the number of items requested by the U.S. government to be removed actually surpasses the number requested to be removed by authorities in China."
Now the U.S. Governemnt wants to pass a bill that would give them the right to ban websites completely without a legal court order/process.
"The list is all too similar to the βban listsβ that are found in China.[...]According to journalist Paul Joseph Watson, βThe only difference between this system and the draconian measures currently in place in countries like Iran, China and North Korea, is that the ISPβs would be mandated to enforce the ban list, rather than the websites being blocked via a centralized government hub.β"
Whole article: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/9549-us-government-seeks-to-create-website-ban-list
According to Google and YouTube, requests by the U.S. Government to remove websites or videos have increased significantly.
"Interestingly, the number of items requested by the U.S. government to be removed actually surpasses the number requested to be removed by authorities in China."
Now the U.S. Governemnt wants to pass a bill that would give them the right to ban websites completely without a legal court order/process.
"The list is all too similar to the βban listsβ that are found in China.[...]According to journalist Paul Joseph Watson, βThe only difference between this system and the draconian measures currently in place in countries like Iran, China and North Korea, is that the ISPβs would be mandated to enforce the ban list, rather than the websites being blocked via a centralized government hub.β"
Whole article: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/9549-us-government-seeks-to-create-website-ban-list