[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″]This week both the U.S. House and Senate are considering bills – dubbed the ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’ – that would in allow website blocking at the DNS level, and in essence, make one form of web censorship legal. Tech companies have stepped forward in droves to oppose the legislation.

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who cosponsored the PROTECT-IP Act in the Senate, was targeted in a recent letter by a number of those tech companies who say the legislation as it is written is not acceptable.

Today, Tumblr has taken promotion of this heinous legislation to a new level, by blocking out all the content users see. It’s a provocative, if frightening, way of conveying what could happen to modern social media should the law pass.

The bill is aimed at fighting piracy, which on its face is a worthy endeavor. However, opponents have said the legislation is too broad-based, and some have dubbed it the Social Media Surveillance Act. Anyone who uses social media should be watching.

You can read the House bill here. Or you can take action by contacting your lawmaker on the Tumblr page or here, which is the homepage for AmericanCensorship.org, who today is marking American Censorship Day.

Take action today and the organization won’t have much to do in the future. Or don’t and

 

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