SOPA and PIPA may be dead, but there's a bigger threat coming. It's called the Anti-Counterfeit Trading Agreement. Here are five facts:
1. ACTA isn’t the “European” SOPA. It’s nearly GLOBAL, and will apply to every country that signs the treaty.
2. ACTA is far more aggressive. ACTA will not simply affect websites and have them blocked out of the internet - its measures go as far as surveillance of anything you share through private channels.
3. ACTA doesn’t have a campaign against it that is as wide-spread and organized as the SOPA one. This is DANGEROUS, as there’s less time between now and the final signing of ACTA.
4. ACTA has effects on healthcare, trade, and even tourism.
5. ACTA has to be stopped.
In December, the EU Member States voted and passed ACTA into the hands of the EU Parliament, who will vote on it at the end of this month. This is our last chance.
More information:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ56UNL5zeo