Stop Online Piracy Act

Free Future!

By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at 10:57am
This week we launched Free Future, a new blog that will feature a range of forward-looking technology issues. Read More

SOPA and PIPA Votes Delayed Indefinitely

By Michael Macleod-Ball, Washington Legislative Office at 11:52am
Votes on two anti-piracy bills in the House and Senate have been delayed indefinitely until there is wider agreement in Congress about the legislation. Read More

The Internet Goes Dark

By Michael Macleod-Ball, Washington Legislative Office at 3:05pm
As of Thursday afternoon, 26 senators have withdrawn their support for PIPA (SOPA’s sister bill in the Senate), including six of the bill’s former ... Read More

Online Protest Over SOPA Helps

By Michael Macleod-Ball, Washington Legislative Office at 11:53am
Today, major tech advocates are protesting a proposed law that would result in our government blocking access to websites that contain copyright-infringing material. Read More

Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (1/13/2012)

By Caitlin O'Neill, ACLU of Northern California at 3:59pm
In the digital age that we live in today, we are constantly exposing our personal information online. From using cell phones and GPS devices to online shopping and ... Read More

SOPA Markup: Hail to the Nerds?

By Rachel Marshall, Washington Legislative Office at 1:13pm
After more than 12 hours of debate on December 15 and 16 markup for the Stop Online Piracy Act (HR 3261), or SOPA, as it’s better known, about the only clear ... Read More

Urge Congress to Stop SOPA!

By Michael Macleod-Ball, Washington Legislative Office at 6:20pm
The Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. Read More

Free Speech Takes a Beating

By Rachel Marshall, Washington Legislative Office at 5:02pm
The Stop Online Piracy Act's lack of narrowly tailored language could lead to the restriction of non-infringing online content. Read More

Good Idea, Poor Follow-Through: Congress' Mistakes with SOPA

By Rachel Marshall, Washington Legislative Office at 9:50am
“The Internet has become the public space of the 21st century-the world’s town square, classroom, marketplace, coffee house, and nightclub,” ... Read More
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