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In recent weeks, the general public [br]has mobilized to face US legislative

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threats to internet freedoms.

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Far from a conclusive victory, however,

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The death of SOPA and PIPA only highlight[br]the latest in a series of measures

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that are seeking to create [br]a legal framework for

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government administered internet[br]censorship.

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This is the GRTV backgrounder on[br]Global Research TV

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When legislators in the US abandoned[br]their support for SOPA and PIPA

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in the wake of mass popular protest[br]earlier this month

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Many of those who had been mobilized[br]by the legislation, which would've

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granted the US government almost total[br]power to block access to foreign websites

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accused of so much as linking [br]to copyright material

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did not have long to enjoy their victory

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the very next day the New Zealand police [br]swooped into the million dollar state of

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