A renewed attempt to introduce site blocking in the U.S. emerged in late January when U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act. The FADPA bill received the MPA’s full support, and it now transpires that similar legislation is being prepared by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa ®. A recent meeting to discuss the ‘American Copyright Protection Act’ was attended by Disney, Paramount, and Amazon, plus Google, YouTube, and Verizon.
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Great to see US politicians, on both sides of the aisle, focusing on the most important priorities for their constituents.
/s, in case it isn’t obvious
Good cop steps back and lets bad cop have a turn.
indeed. Not like they dont have a bigger issue with their government lterally dissolving before their eyes. I wonder how they expect to uphold this when DOGE finishes its amazingly competent efforts at ‘efficiency’
Oh don’t worry, the parts of the government that benefit the rich and corporations I’m sure they will find a way to salvage.
I mean, they are focusing on their constituents in this case.
The ones who pay they millions of dollars in “campaign contributions”
If you don’t have a VPN, it’s time to fire one up. I’d suggest Mullvad or Windscribe.
AirVPN is great. I got it during the Halloween / Cyber Monday sale. 3 years for $70
So it’s SOPA 2.0 but it has a chance of passing because of a wild government that has no dignity.