In recent weeks, the general public has mobilized to face US legislative
threats to internet freedoms.
Far from a conclusive victory, however,
The death of SOPA and PIPA only highlight the latest in a series of measures
that are seeking to create a legal framework for
government administered internet censorship.
This is the GRTV backgrounder on Global Research TV
When legislators in the US abandoned their support for SOPA and PIPA
in the wake of mass popular protest earlier this month
Many of those who had been mobilized by the legislation, which would've
granted the US government almost total power to block access to foreign websites
accused of so much as linking to copyright material
did not have long to enjoy their victory
the very next day the New Zealand police swooped into the million dollar state of
MegaUpload.com Kim.com