This is a post for blog post #2; This is more of a group discussion than an article. attempts to explain how SOPA will effect our internet as we know it currently, and the posts are by experienced internet users and them talking about their fears about SOPA in terms of censorship. Censorship is when a governing body blocks access or supreses information or free speech that is threatening to their interests. In this case, it's a complicated debate because the proponents of SOPA, large media content corporations, have a good reason for wanting this bill to pass. They are trying to protect their intellectual properties from online piracy. The problem however, is that the Bill is way to broad, and is might radically effect the internet as we know it. The internet was conceived as a place where information was supposed to flow freely and evolve, and if the government gets over-involved, then the internet might devolve to a controlled environment, strictly for profit.
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