17.05.2011 - 09:01 [ Demand Progress ]

Worse Than China? U.S. Government Wants To Censor Search Engines And Browsers

The Department of Justice could force search engines, browsers, and service providers to block users‘ access to websites, and scrub the American Internet clean of any trace of their existence.

Furthermore, it wouldn‘t just be the Attorney General who could add sites to the blacklist, but the new bill would allow any copyright holder to get sites blacklisted — sure to result in an explosion of dubious and confused orders.