The US Congress is considering the “Stop Online Piracy Act,” a bill which, if passed, would greatly increase the power of corporations to censor websites, either by insisting on government action or by directly intervening. Here are a few links to reports about how bad the bill is and what can be done to stop it.
Huffington Post, “Internet Companies and Lawmakers Speak Out Against the Stop Online Piracy Act”
Ars Technica, “Republicans, Democrats, Google, and the Church of Sweden Unite to Stop Hollywood”
BoingBoing, “Stop SOPA, save the Internet”
BoingBoing, “How SOPA will change the net”
BoingBoing, “Joe Biden: SOPA is un-American- but not when America does it“