COICA: US/World Internet Blacklist - Discussion

[coolzeldad]

Discussion for COICA: US/World Internet Blacklist

[Tomcat]

Like i said did I?

[Cake Faice]

Lol @ Obama. So much for a democratic republic if our Internets would be censored/blacklisted.

[Tiger Guy]

Lol @ Obama. So much for a democratic republic if our Internets would be censored/blacklisted.

Bush tried to push and block porn on the interwebs way back when.

Silly Republicans and Democrats.

[ItchyDani3l]

If I must say so myself, I think that an internet without piracy and porn would be better for our world... especially when it comes to ethics...

[Cake Faice]

But I wonder what hell would break loose of this passes through.

We can say good-bye to youtube and mediafire...and the world of torrenting.

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And Obama's 2012 election too

[ItchyDani3l]

But I wonder what hell would break loose of this passes through.

We can say good-bye to youtube and mediafire...and the world of torrenting.

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And Obama's 2012 election too

nah, youtube and mediafire would stay.

it would mostly be stuff like pirate's bay and other sites like that that would be gone.

[Bovicide]

If I must say so myself, I think that an internet without piracy and porn would be better for our world... especially when it comes to ethics...

Internet is made for porn. Piracy is bad, i understand, but if you got rid of porn, shit would hit the fan.

[ItchyDani3l]

Internet is made for porn. Piracy is bad, i understand, but if you got rid of porn, shit would hit the fan.

I know what you mean when you say this, but you need to understand that this can be changed!!!

[jimonions]

Just about any website can be used illegally.
censoring the internet would just cause more problems.
Do the US have the authority to censor the whole world? I find this highly unlikely, to do this they would have to filter all of the worlds servers through theirs and then censor it, lots of information including secrets are used on the web and the US government would be able to intercept anything that anyone ever posted on the internet. This would probably make the country safer in some ways but the amendment Freedom of Speech would have to be removed or reformed, not to mention the millions of unhappy people and enemies you would make right inside your own country.

[coolzeldad]

nah, youtube and mediafire would stay.

it would mostly be stuff like pirate's bay and other sites like that that would be gone.

That is completely uneducated. Any site can be targeted - Youtube especially. I would recommend actually reading what was posted.

This bill is not only doing what it says, it is extremely vague and open ended to allow greater control if passed.

If I must say so myself, I think that an internet without piracy and porn would be better for our world... especially when it comes to ethics...

Remember, why do you choose what's best for the entire world? You're opinion isn't absolute.

Read and use your brain, implementing a system of complete control over communications.. yeah okay - pass it! no more porn and shit || yarite.

I'm also not saying people wouldn't be able to get around it, but why allow this in the first place?

If you don't do anything, they assume you are in support.

I recommend doing something, including handwritten letters to state senator, petition, flyers, educate others, etc.

[Devie]

I'm scared....

[Moo]

please before you say anything do some research, take a little time to learn something and then post ur opinion so a good debate can continue

[Tiger Guy]

So the Government is using piracy as a excuse to censor anything they want away in this bill?

[ursus]

For torrent trackers like TPB, an .onion domain is easy to get. I myself have the software to set one up.
An .onion site is a site with a 16-bit hash as the URL, that runs on the Tor network as opposed to standard internet (Or whatever you may call it).
This means that even if a site is blacklisted, it can still be accessed by anyone with the Tor proxy browser.