Demand Progress delivered 500k signatures in opposition to the Internet Blacklist Bill today — at a press conference alongside Congresmembers Zoe Lofgren and Darrell Issa. (That’s our David Moon to the left of the podium.)The legislation gets heard tomorrow, and there’s an unprecedented avalanche of opposition snowballing among online advocacy groups tech companies, and rank-and-file Internet users.Opponents object to provisions that would allow the government to block users’ access to websites accused of copyright infringement, jail users for uploading streamed content, and require social media sites and blogs to go to new lengths to police users’ contributions — threatening the very existence of sites like YouTube and Twitter.
You can still email your lawmakers and ask them to oppose the legislation by clicking here.