Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, the biggest threat to internet, signed (Internet Censorship)

The Times of India ^ | 10/06/15 | Andrew Griffin

[Enlightened1]

An agreement that some campaigners have called the "biggest global threat to the internet" has just been signed, potentially bringing huge new restrictions on what people can do with their computers.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the conclusion of five years of negotiations, and will cover 40% of the world's economy. Its claimed purpose is to create a unified economic bloc so that companies and businesses can trade more easily — but it also puts many of the central principles of the internet in doubt, according to campaigners.

One particularly controversial part of the provisions make it a crime to reveal corporate wrongdoing "through a computer system." Experts have pointed out that the wording is very vague, and could lead to whistleblowers being penalized for sharing important information, and lead to journalists stopping reporting on them.

Others require that online content providers — such as YouTube and Facebook — must take down content if they receive just one complaint, as they are in the US. That will be harmful for startups looking to build such businesses since they'll be required to have the resources to respond to every complaint, experts have pointed out.

In 2013, when the partnership was still being discussed, the Electronic Freedom Foundation called TPP "one of the worst global threats to the internet." The changes are dangerous because to unify the various countries in the partnerships' rules on intellectual property and other internet law, they are opting to take the US' largely very restrictive rules.

[Enlightened1]

Now we know why they are hiding it from the public.... It's the end of Internet Censorship.

Here is what is leaking out.

The TPP will put controls on the Internet.

I just wonder how long until they shut down Free Republic as a "hate" site?

Rumors have it that it includes a CO2 tax too.

[Leaning Right]

The left really hates the TPP, as it will destroy union jobs in America. The right really hates the TPP, as it is a threat to national sovereignty and personal freedom.

Yet it will most probably pass. Isn't it amazing what bribes, err...I mean campaign contributions, can accomplish?

[Enlightened1]

Truly astounding...

[Don Corleone]

Here is a bird’s eye view of the new world order under Agenda 21 et. seq. It has been a goal of the powerful for over 200 years and they are getting very very close.

[yoe]

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[Enlightened1]

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