The US government wants to censor the Internet. Before you ask what it has to do with the rest of us not in the United States, consider that US laws have the habit of being exported or copied by other countries, for example via trade agreements.
Already we have heard many times politicians and ministers in Malaysia talking about the “need” to police the Internet to preserve social order. The Americans are doing it to protect the interest of the entertainment industry, which argues that the free Internet is depriving them of millions in lost revenue, because they do not get paid when people sample or share copyrighted songs or videos. Still, once the United States start to censor the Internet, for whatever reason, it will be easier for other governments to do it too.
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SOURCE: American Censorship Day.
Already we have heard many times politicians and ministers in Malaysia talking about the “need” to police the Internet to preserve social order. The Americans are doing it to protect the interest of the entertainment industry, which argues that the free Internet is depriving them of millions in lost revenue, because they do not get paid when people sample or share copyrighted songs or videos. Still, once the United States start to censor the Internet, for whatever reason, it will be easier for other governments to do it too.
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SOURCE: American Censorship Day.
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