Despite the victory over SOPA, ACTA and TPP are still around and threatening internet freedom. Anti-ACTA protests have broken out in the EU and so far the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia have all pulled support from ACTA. To keep up this momentum protests have been organized across 200 cities and will occur tomorrow.
Fight For The Future is supporting tomorrow's protests by making a global petition and they have provided a map with all the protests, so if you want to attend one you'll know where to find it. ACTA has been around for a wee while, so I've already had a chance to make my views known to my representative, but I don't see the harm in me doing it again.
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10:00 PM on 02.09.2012 | 
Why wont anonymous make themselves useful in a time like this?
You know they could probably do the most damage to the bills and all that jazz
Probably too busy hacking Sony again.
Honestly they'd do a lot more harm than good. They'd probably hack stuff and that'd just fuel the government fire to censor and iron grip everything.
WE R LEEJUN! XD
... Shit, THAT is how you organize a protest! Impressive!
@TheNephilym I agree, there needs to be a lot more awareness about this in the U.S.
I wish there was an edit button...
I know its a dumb question to ask. Have you been on 4chan lately?
They are promoting anti-ACTA activities not limited to protests and raids.
Being as how anonymous really just represents the hivemind of non-identified users on the internet, hence anonymous, I think they are already doing their part.
Remember. DNS is in the US. ACTA is important, but stopping SOPA was a priority.
YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!
YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!
It's taken on more meanings, really. Generally of people who aren't happy with assorted governments/institutions activities. Not quite as anarchy-imbued as it used to be, but it still holds a strong meaning.
Ironic since ACTA is a global bill of which USA signed up to years ago and has all the same clauses and more than the smokescreen of which SOPA / PIPA were.
Anyway this is all futile guys. The thing has been pretty much agreed illicitly and will go ahead in June of this year. Get ready to be border checked for illegal downloads!
You have been warned, guys.
Do you mean, 'blew my activist load' as in, 'I can't be bothered to click a link, and input my email address and country'?
What happened to you? Are you in hospital recovering from narcolepsy?
Man, shut the fuck up. We're all getting fucked on this one, don't be a petty cunt.
I mean that I spent all my energy last month actively protesting SOPA and PROTECT IP and I just don't have it in me to do it again so soon. They got us good with those last bills.
Well, that told me.
I'm American, and I care about these bills. I'm just a little sad that nothing like that's happening in North America.
PETITION. POST. SHARE. TALK. JUST USE THE FUCKING INTERNET TO IT'S PURPOSE.
You too? I'm happy I'm not the only one. I've actually had to reply to a few because they keep claiming victory over SOPA, when the reality of it is that SOPA can, and most likely will, return, with language so confusing we won't even know what we're fighting any more.
@Jay Me
I'm an American and I care about this stuff greatly, no matter where its brought up. I've ever urged anyone who had info on these things in the comments of other articles here to push for an article that tells those of us not effected by things like this how we can help them fight it effectively (I assume this is different on a case by case basis).
Just because it isn't on our door step (but being the world, it is) doesn't mean we should sit back and do nothing World being what it is right now, all it takes is one domino to fall before the entire table starts shaking, or following suit.
Note, the US has already sign the dam thing, I think SOPA was just a diversion.