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Jake Paris

Jake Paris

M.A. from The George Washington University in International Science and Technology Policy. Former U.S. Senate staffer, former contractor in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Currently living in Portland, OR, writing freelance and teaching political science.

Wyden vs. Whitehouse on the Fate of the Internet

Wyden vs. Whitehouse on the Fate of the Internet

By Jake Paris on January 10, 2012

Most bills in the U.S. Congress have a ‘companion’ bill setup between offerings in the House of Representatives with similar bills in the Senate. However, if SOPA was “just” a threat to our personal freedoms on the Internet, PIPA makes that threat seem somewhat small by comparison… this new threat would also have the potential [...]

Posted in Civil Rights / Liberties, Featured, National News, Opinion, Technology | Tagged Censorship, Cyber Security, Darrell Issa, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, International Trade Commission, Internet, OPEN Act, opensecrets.org, PIPA, Piracy, PROTECT IP Act, Ron Wyden, Sheldon Whitehouse, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act | 16 Responses


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