Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Internet Association backs the TPP?

WTF? See this story and sign the petition if you agree. While tech experts hate the TPP the Internet Association (IA) supports it. The IA "is a trade association that represents major web companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and Uber." Reddit, a member of the IA, does not support the TPP, which would
  • Expand draconian copyright enforcement, undermining our privacy and the public domain without ensuring protections for free speech;
  • Criminalize common practices like tinkering with or modifying devices, even for fair use purposes;
  • Enable multi-national corporations to skirt the democratic process and use shadowy international tribunals to undermine Web users’ rights;
  • Set a precedent that will encourage anti-Internet lobbyists like the ones who wrote SOPA to use trade agreements to push for bad Internet policy.
Please consider signing the petition and pass it along, thanks.

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