Actually this isn't as new as some may think. We had a similar link on our site to try to preserve the internet. There is still a chance this thing will pass through in one form or other, because it is also being disguised as a "way to combat piracy", even though it really means forcing the entire world to conform to US laws and regulations regarding what the bigwigs in the elite 1% think!
The internet is the last bastion of the Free Press. Regardless of so-called "political correctness" and any other standards the world's population is generally forced to endure, anyone on the internet, including the United States, is SUPPOSED to be able to have the same Freedom of Speech,Press,Expression, etc., that the U.S. themselves originally claimed in the Constitution, which is SUPPOSED to be the pillar on which U.S. Law is based. Instead, it has become freedom only for a select few that have the money and influence upon governing officials,laws based upon what certain wealthy lobbyists bribe our government to write,and restrictions or punishment to the rest of the world.
And if anyone thinks it will never happen, well.... people also didn't think anyone would ever willingly follow an insane leader, or willfully participate in genocide, torture, rape, etc... until Hitler rose to power during World War II!
Oh... "Never Again".... that one was the original motto after World War I !!!
And more recently, a law was passed in the United States that allowed the government the power to come into anyone's home, at any time, search and seize property and person, hold said person without official reason and without public knowledge INDEFINITELY..... all in the name of "Homeland Security" ! Now, said act was supposed to have a Sunset Clause written into it, which should have expired by now....BUT in all honesty the first act of Obama when he became President should have been to abolish it, NOT wait until the clause ran its course!
People in the US are consistently being stripped of freedoms, in the guise of "safety" or "anti-piracy", and they have been all too willing to allow their government to decide FOR them what is right or wrong, moral or immoral, etc. People have become a bunch of sheep...SHEEPLE, to be precise, lol!
I've signed these petitions all over the internet, and yet somehow keep hearing about things like this being introduced to Congress STILL! I will continue to sign, but am really not sure how much good it will do, because people don't know how to work together.
A bunch of Latin Americans had an idea for them to quit shopping one day, and it actually WORKED! It hit industry in the wallet, and made an impact! All because they were trying to protect 3 million illegal immigrants that took jobs away from Americans without paying taxes, and sent their money out of the US instead of keeping it here.... but it WORKED!
Other boycotts and stands have been known to work as well.... and yet when gas prices skyrocketted here in Northern America,all because of a select small group of people known as SPECULATORS, got greedy....and people needed something to be done.... everyone complained that a boycott wouldn't work! Everyone said "I can't afford to not drive" or to "not buy gas", etc.... One day, one week...carpooling, riding buses and mass transit, walking,bicycling.... heck, even giving up EXTRA UNNECESSARY travel like vacations.... NOBODY would go along with that, in the US, CANADA, or MEXICO! "I'm not giving up my travel plans!"
If people worked together, we wouldn't have half the regulations we have, and lobbyists wouldn't have even a third of the power they do, because even if money does talk, it's kind of hard to hear when the bribed official is voted out of office! You know, even in countries with the dreaded "Socialism" (I say sarcastically)...it seems the governments have a certain fear of their people. Around here in the Americas, instead PEOPLE are afraid of their GOVERNMENT.
These new laws being introduced are not government ideas, they are being introduced by rich corporations to protect their own interest, and being glamorized as ways to combat piracy, with a potential "wink,wink...nod,nod.."side benefit of being able to control and protect governments against dissent by keeping the people out of touch with each other nationwide as well as worldwide... and being backed by corporate dollars in a time where economies are collapsing and governments are in financial straights all over. As Devil's Advocate, it would only make sense to pass something like this through!
All I can say is, people will ALWAYS say "it won't happen" or "it won't happen to ME".... until it actually DOES happen, and then they cry "why???" and "poor me!!!!" after the fact.
GET INVOLVED! ^^