{"id":1879,"date":"2012-01-16T08:18:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T14:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/blog\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2024-09-04T10:42:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T10:42:14","slug":"stop-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/blog\/stop-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Join our “Stop Censorship” Campaign – Let’s Oppose SOPA and PIPA together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
UPDATE: Following the massive blackout last Wednesday at least 18 senators withdrew their support for PIPA and SOPA. The big news though came on Friday Jan 20, 2012 when the scheduled PIPA voting has been postponed<\/a>: Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) pulled his planned cloture vote on the bill, agreeing to go back to the drawing table. This shows HUGE positive progress on both PIPA & SOPA and we’d like to say big thank you to everyone who joined the campaign.\n

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However, the fight isn’t over yet. These bills are NOT dead, they are just not coming up for a vote right now, which is why we still encourage all our supporters and believers in the open Internet to keep opposing the bills and fight for our rights of free speech and privacy. Stay tuned for updates!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister bill Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) have become a very hot topic for all Internet businesses and users. We have already firmly stated SiteGround position against SOPA back in November and have been actively using our social media channels to raise awareness about the issue. In short: we are against those bills, because we believe they have the potential to take away the most important things we love Internet for \u2013 the freedom of speech and the possibilities to express oneself creatively. For more detailed explanation why many people support such a position we recommend the video below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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