Don't Let Congress Break the Internet

Today I write not to vent my displeasure at the imperfections of the world, not to provide trivial review on the events of my own life, but to address an issue that concerns anyone who is reading this, or anyone who uses the Internet at all: censorship.

Two acts are at risk of being passed by Congress: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT-IP (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property). SOPA may, and probably will, be passed this week, unless we spam Congress with emails and phone calls protesting this. This is a real issue that needs rectification NOW; if either of these bills are passed, they will be infringing on free speech and greatly hindering the greatest engine for ideas that America has right now, which is the Internet.

Here's a video by Fight for the Future, a group rallying people to protest against PROTECT-IP and SOPA. It outlines more of the facts and technicalities regarding PROTECT-IP. 

https://s3.amazonaws.com/fftf-actionkit/Protect_IP_Act_Breaks_the_Internet.webm

And if that still isn't enough to motivate you, take it from Hank Green:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keg6it0g2wY

Please take the time to make a call, write an email, tell your friends, or whatever you can do to contribute to this effort.