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SOPA PIPA ACTA CISPA. By Alec Sherwood, Billy Myers, Robin Roessner. Goals. Bring attention to government proposed legislation Talk about: SOPA PIPA ACTA CISPA Database with information Videos Impact. Accomplishments. Online database with information Factual Images
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SOPA PIPA ACTA CISPA By Alec Sherwood, Billy Myers, Robin Roessner
Goals • Bring attention to government proposed legislation • Talk about: • SOPA • PIPA • ACTA • CISPA • Database with information • Videos • Impact
Accomplishments • Online database with information • Factual Images • Interesting Facts • PowerPoint Presentations • Videos to add clarity • Removing certain bills from legislations
Challenges • Finding information • Understanding the legislation • Impact on society • Dangers in different legislations • Keep internet freedom • Inform the public • Vote against
SOPA • Stop Online Piracy Act • Canceled January 20, 2012 • SOPA has many people against it including Google, YouTube and many other big name sites because it could give the government power to shut down their websites. • Its supporters and those who influence it are mostly the entertainment industry and the government. • It will limit our freedom of speech but this bill was eventually terminated but it shows us who far a bill like this can go and with a few changes it may pass in a different bill like A.C.T.A.
PCIPA • Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 • Introduced May 25, 2011 • Would do almost nothing against child pornography • People would purchase goods directly in other ways • Monitored by a company and also the government • Government would not need a warrant to look into the data of an individual
ACTA • ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement • ACTA develops standards for intellectual property • Dangers • Will limit free speech • Disable innovation • Hinder creativity and development across the board. • Invasion of privacy • Crippling to the internet • Sites like Twitter and Facebook as well as YouTube would be unable to function • Allow for abuse of power by companies and government.
CISPA • The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection • Proposed law introduced on November 30th • Huge expansion of government power allowing ‘spying’ on own population • Unprecedented control of the government over the Internet, which has recently demonstrated huge opposition to bills like SOPA, PIPA, and CISPA • Lack of privacy controls (any and all information can and will be disclosed to the "authorities" should the bill pass in its current form) • No safeguards that the system this bill would create won't be used and abused by those with the authority to use the powers it grants
Future • Create online forum for discussion • User submitted stories • Information about where individuals can go to vote or contact representatives
Conclusion • Due to the secrecy most non-technical people are opposed to the acts. • Some of the acts are unfavored by companies because they infringe on their ability to operate. However, there are some that are for the acts. • Individuals with technical knowledge oppose the acts because they find that implementing the changes they enforce would cripple the internet or otherwise prove impractical.