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Democrat teams up with movie industry to propose website-blocking law | Proposed US law slammed as "censorious" and an "Internet kill switch."
Proposed US law slammed as “censorious” and an “Internet kill switch.”…
Although Lofgren said her proposed Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act "preserves the open Internet," consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge described the bill as a "censorious site-blocking" measure "that turns broadband providers into copyright police at Americans' expense." "Rather than attacking the problem at its source—bringing the people running overseas piracy websites to court—Congress and its allies in the entertainment industry has decided to build out a sweeping infrastructure for censorship," Public Knowledge Senior Policy Counsel Meredith Rose said. Lofgren's press release argues that the bill respects the First Amendment because "every blocking order must go through a US court, requiring clear evidence, due process, and judicial oversight to ensure fair enforcement and prevent censorship."
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