Google: Beware Rising Censorship, At Home And Abroad
June 20, 2012Google said this week that a report on takedown data shows widespread political censorship around the world – some of it, disturbingly, in Western democracies.
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Google said this week that a report on takedown data shows widespread political censorship around the world – some of it, disturbingly, in Western democracies.
The most copyright takedown requests to Google come, by a staggering margin, from software giant Microsoft, rather than the film or music industry.
In a setback for Google, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed a former ruling in favor of YouTube, a popular video sharing site owned by the web.
On January 18th, 13 million of us made our voice heard in the fight against Internet censorship. Together we stood up and formed the largest Internet protest in history capturing not only the attention of Congress and the world.
According to the image the new plan of attack for SOPA and PIPA protestors will be to completely boycott the entire entertainment industry.
As the fight against censorship continues this week many are taking a stand against the Stop Online Piracy Act by establishing web movements in hopes of creating awareness about the bill.