Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Wed, January 18, 2012
The secret behind SOPA, the so-called anti-piracy bill
which is today the target of an unprecedented backlash with Wikileaks
and other major websites ‘going dark’ to protest the legislation, has
nothing to do with piracy or copyright theft – it’s about the formal
effort to mimic Communist China’s system of Internet censorship
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But don’t take our word for it, listen to what Joe Lieberman, co-sponsor of PIPA, SOPA’s sister version in the Senate, said about the purpose of behind the US government’s efforts to control the Internet under the guise of cybersecurity.
Lieberman characterized fears that the US government
would use such powers to censor political content as “total
misinformation,” yet goes on to admit that the purpose behind the agenda
is to mimic China’s ability to “disconnect parts of its Internet in
case of war,” adding, “we need that here too”.
Of course, Communist China’s “war” is not against foreign terrorists or hackers, it’s targeted against people who dare to use the Internet to express dissent
against government atrocities or corruption. China’s system of Internet
policing is about crushing freedom of speech and has nothing to do with
legitimate security concerns as Lieberman well knows. (CONTINUE READING)
