Welcome to Know Your Censor. We aim to track legislation and politicians surrounding the recent spate of internet destroying legislation, so that you may have a better understanding of which politicians and legislation support a free and open internet for future generations
It should be known that before the 2011 Election, Clare Curren the Labour ICT Spokesperson said that “Labour no longer believes that termination is appropriate as a remedy for infringing filesharing,” and Labour promised to remove the law within 90 days if elected. National was elected.
The Free Internet Act: To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation by preventing the restriction of liberty and preventing the means of censorship. FIA will allow internet users to browse freely without any means of censorship, users have the right to free speech and to free knowledge; we govern the content of the internet, governments don’t. However enforcements/laws must also be put into place to protect copyrighted content.
The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (H.R. 1981) is a bill designed to facilitate the enforcement of laws relating to the prosecution of child pornography. Opponents of the bill have voiced privacy concerns over the broad access to information granted by the legislation.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multi-national agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement. The agreement aims to establish an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the Internet, and would create a new governing body outside existing forums, such as the World Trade Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, or the United Nations.
Since ACTA is an international treaty, it is an example of policy laundering used to establish and implement legal changes. Policy laundering allows legal provisions to be pushed through via closed negotiations among private members of the executive bodies of the signatories. This method avoids use of public legislation and its judiciary oversight.
Opponents have criticized the act for its adverse effects on fundamental civil and digital rights, including freedom of expression and communication privacy.
