Imagine trying to visit your favorite website, only to find -- BZZT! -- the site's been blocked by the government. It happens every day in China and Iran, but now the U.S. Senate wants to bring Internet censorship home.
This week the Senate Judiciary Committee is planning to pass a bill called COICA which would let the Attorney General force all American ISPs to block particular websites. It'd be the first time the we'd set up an Internet censorship regime in the US, and yet most senators don't seem to see any problem with it. Can you sign our urgent petition today?
There's a lot of money on the other side of this fight: the Chamber of Commerce, Hollywood, the recording industry, and big pharma have all teamed up to demand Congress expedite this bill, even if it means trampling on the First Amendment in the process.
But we're fighting back. Already we've gotten over 250,000 signatures and what was supposed to be another uncontroversial bill has become a hot debate in the lame duck session. We've spent all week meeting people in Washington and we can tell you: Congress is feeling the heat. But we need to keep it coming.
Can you sign our petition? It just takes a second.
We're planning to deliver it next week as the committee takes up the bill -- can you help us hit 300,000 signers by then? Please add your name, then spread the word. The future of the open Internet is at stake. If you want to learn more about the bill, please read our COICA fact sheet.
