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SOPA Provokes Anonymous: Hacktivists Threaten U.S. Congress
(Video: Message From Anonymous To The American Congress)
Anonymous fights Internet censorship by opposing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
Those claiming to represent the international Internet hacktivist collective known as Anonymous has issued a threat to the U.S. Congress if they pass the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) currently being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives.
SOPA , also known as the Internet censorship bill, would radically restrict Internet freedom in an attempt to protect intellectual property rights. Critics claim the bill, if passed, would cripple the Internet as we know it.
Indeed, growing concern with the Stop Online Piracy Act has generated a great deal of buzz with the online community. Some of the biggest websites and brands in the world are actively encouraging their users to protest the bill, including: AOL Inc., eBay Inc., Facebook Inc., Google Inc., LinkedIn Corporation, Mozilla Corp., Twitter, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc.
You all remember Tumblr’s ‘Take action against Internet Censorship’, well not long after the loud and roaring opposition by the public and internet the SOPA hearing comes right back and this time, unfairer than ever:
On the next congressional SOPA hearings: there will be no OPPONENT of the bill allowed
It’s time to take action.
Ladies and gentleman, I sincerely wish you spread any news from this topic like wildfire. We really don’t need for-profit businesses dictating every action in our lives. And we don’t need them trying to tell us that information is rightfully subject to censorship, because it isn’t. Information should always be free.
“A businessman tries to pass Occupy Wall Street protesters blocking access to the New York Stock Exchange area Thursday.” (via CNN)
How noble, preventing that man from getting to work. He’s clearly the devil. Can’t you tell by his suit?
I wonder if Charlie Rangel had any difficulty getting to work today.
Bag’s Take-Away:
If there’s an iconic shot from today’s OWS face off, it’s the kinetic one of NYPD’s long sticks. (Kinetic meaning, in use.)From City Room: Protesters and Officers Clash Near Wall Street and in Zuccotti Park
(photo: Robt Stolarik/NY Times caption: Officers with batons moved on the crowd on Beaver Street near Broad Street.)
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New York City: Thousands of students and other Occupy Wall Street supporters converging on north end of Union Square Park, 3:45 pm, November 17, 2011.
Photo by redguard
Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protestors, along with student protestors and union protestors, march in NYC for the #N17 Day of Action,
a shot from n17 occupy portland.
not a particularly artsy or “moving” shot per se, but then you notice the massive sign reppin’ portland’s basketball team, the trail blazers.
over the fists together, the sign reads: rise with us.
and something about that juxtaposed with occupy is CRAZY captivating. i love it. really. i can’t handle it.
i dunno if the photographer meant to do it, but regardless, it speaks to me.
