Tuesday, 31 January 2012

ACTA: The new threat to the net

More prohibition on it’s way.

ACTA - a global treaty - could allow corporations to censor the Internet. Negotiated in secret by a small number of rich countries and corporate powers, it would set up a shadowy new anti-counterfeiting body to allow private interests to police everything that we do online and impose massive penalties -- even prison sentences -- against people they say have harmed their business.

If you want to make a stand sign the petition HERE

1,217,870 1,218,175  have signed. Help us get to our new target of 2,000,000.

3 comments:

  1. Why does the cynic in me fear the 'Petition' could be organised by those very Corporations which want a ready-made list of potential targets?

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  2. Even if that's not the case the claim that "Avaaz.org will protect your privacy" is worth diddly squat if TPTB want to go digging.

    I would love to sign, but......

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  3. Ancient +Tattered Airman31 January 2012 at 20:23

    Signed. Impressed that the petion is building to such a figure in a very short time.

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