Big Brother is stroking Ceiling Cat's head and watching. You ought to be ashamed, you pervert.
So we defeated SOPA and PIPA and that's awesome, right?
Not so much. Now Congress has decided that instead of pirates, we're all pedophiles.
(Yeah, you read that right.)
According to the Protect Our Children Act of 2008, if an ISP gains proof that you're a pedophile, they're supposed to keep your information and turn it over to the authorities for prosecution.
I can get behind that. Protecting children is important and bringing pedophiles to justice is a worthwhile cause.
But under the grossly and shamefully mislabeled Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, a database will be created with EVERYONE'S information, regardless of any proof or even suspicion of criminal activity in this or any other area. Information that's not just your IP address-no, they voted THAT down-but also your name, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, and bank account numbers.
But, okay, if it helps protect children- WRONG. It doesn't apply to all ISPs the same way. (Hint: You'll want to avoid Starbucks and the library now.)
Well, this is bad, but surely it's just a coincidence, right? It can't possibly be related to SOPA/PIPA, right?
I dunno. Maybe it is just a coincidence*. Let's ask the primary sponsor: Lamar Smith.
...
Yup. The same Lamar Smith of SOPA/PIPA infamy.
(WE SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE, LAMAR, AND WE ARE NOT PLEASED.)
So what do we do? The same thing we did with SOPA/PIPA. We call our reps. We sign petitions. We tweet and blog and facebook share the hell out of this information and we light the Internet up and we SHUT. THIS. SHIT. DOWN.
I'm sure more opportunities will pop up-and I'll amend this when they do-but you can start today by sending a letter like this one. to your representatives to let them know you're NOT a pedophile and you don't want to be treated like one.
(And then, get on the phone or log into your e-mail and suggest to your congressional reps that Mr. Smith's finances be checked, eh? He sure is determined to get this stuff done and I, for one, am curious as to what has him so damned motivated. Fishy motives are fishy.)
Read the original text of the bill here.
Read the rest of CNET's report (from where I got a lot of my information) here.
*Okay, so some of this may be a coincidence, timing-wise anyway, since the bill was originally introduced in May of last year. But the content? Yeah, no. If that's a coincidence, I'll join Rep. Smith's reelection campaign.
Not so much. Now Congress has decided that instead of pirates, we're all pedophiles.
(Yeah, you read that right.)
According to the Protect Our Children Act of 2008, if an ISP gains proof that you're a pedophile, they're supposed to keep your information and turn it over to the authorities for prosecution.
I can get behind that. Protecting children is important and bringing pedophiles to justice is a worthwhile cause.
But under the grossly and shamefully mislabeled Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, a database will be created with EVERYONE'S information, regardless of any proof or even suspicion of criminal activity in this or any other area. Information that's not just your IP address-no, they voted THAT down-but also your name, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, and bank account numbers.
But, okay, if it helps protect children- WRONG. It doesn't apply to all ISPs the same way. (Hint: You'll want to avoid Starbucks and the library now.)
Well, this is bad, but surely it's just a coincidence, right? It can't possibly be related to SOPA/PIPA, right?
I dunno. Maybe it is just a coincidence*. Let's ask the primary sponsor: Lamar Smith.
...
Yup. The same Lamar Smith of SOPA/PIPA infamy.
(WE SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE, LAMAR, AND WE ARE NOT PLEASED.)
So what do we do? The same thing we did with SOPA/PIPA. We call our reps. We sign petitions. We tweet and blog and facebook share the hell out of this information and we light the Internet up and we SHUT. THIS. SHIT. DOWN.
I'm sure more opportunities will pop up-and I'll amend this when they do-but you can start today by sending a letter like this one. to your representatives to let them know you're NOT a pedophile and you don't want to be treated like one.
(And then, get on the phone or log into your e-mail and suggest to your congressional reps that Mr. Smith's finances be checked, eh? He sure is determined to get this stuff done and I, for one, am curious as to what has him so damned motivated. Fishy motives are fishy.)
Read the original text of the bill here.
Read the rest of CNET's report (from where I got a lot of my information) here.
*Okay, so some of this may be a coincidence, timing-wise anyway, since the bill was originally introduced in May of last year. But the content? Yeah, no. If that's a coincidence, I'll join Rep. Smith's reelection campaign.