Wikipedia talk:SOPA initiative

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Guy Macon in topic Net neutrality


SOPA "dead" - for now; Wikipedia credited. edit

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While I think that it's great that Wikipedia accomplished this thing, I do worry that we may have succeeded too well. Namely, Wikipedia proved such a potent force in opposing the bill that it might become a more desirable asset for every political organization to control. I have no doubt that some are already on the scene for such purposes, but now the potential benefit is no longer speculative. Wnt (talk) 08:50, 22 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

Updated userbox edit

SOPA/PIPAThis user supported the SOPA/PIPA blackout!

--Amadscientist (talk) 09:51, 22 January 2012 (UTC)Reply


Next Stop Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)? edit

These days the EU parliament is expected to ratify ACTA. Now may be one of the last options to prevent ACTA (in comparison to which SOPA pales if I am informed rightly) --SchallundRauch (talk) 14:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

Net neutrality edit

Wikipedia should blackout again because of Ajit Pai and the FCC's attempt at eliminating net neutrality, which could lead to censorship of websites like what Comcast was caught doing with BitTorrent. Just a suggestion. AnAwesomeArticleEditor (talk) 21:51, 26 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

The Internet isn't broken. The Internet doesn't need fixing. The new FCC rules on net nuetrality have been in place for only two years. The Internet worked just fine without them before. The new FCC rules, while on the books, have actually been enforced for zero years. The Internet is working just fine without them being enforced. If they ever do get enforced (remember, the US just got a new president and a new FCC head...), we will have given more power over the Internet to the FCC. Here is an example from the past of what happens when you give more power to the FCC:[4] Also see:[5][6][7][8] --Guy Macon (talk) 06:29, 15 June 2017 (UTC)Reply