This is a fashion blog, but I am mostly a tech person, so I have promised you a mix of tech-fashion related posts. However, today's first tech post has nothing to do specifically with fashion - it's about a thing called SOPA.
SOPA - the Stop Online Piracy Act - is a bill currently proposed to cut down on copyright infringement by restricting access to sites that provide this illegal content. Sounds great, right? Well, this bill will allow courts to order companies like Verizon to block access or Google to remove links from sites that are infringing on copyrights. Additionally, all websites will be held responsible for user-generated content.
This bill allows for censorship of the web. If you want to read more about it - just Google "SOPA". There are a lot of great sources of information out there.
So now you're thinking - How does this affect me? Why is she posting about this?
It's simple:
Websites you know and love, such as Blogger, Wordpress, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Pinterest, and many many more, are all in danger. They could be blocked or shut down completely. Censoring the web like this is a terrible idea.
You might notice websites are protesting SOPA it in their own ways today - Wikipedia, Wordpress, and Reddit are completely unavailable, and Google has changed their homepage.
I urge you to join the protest by signing Google's petition here: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/.
You can also call your local senator: http://americancensorship.org/modal/call-form.html
Please - let's all do our part in this.
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