The privacy bill's threat to journalism

Its stated goal may be to prevent copyright and trademark infringement, but the Stop Online Piracy Act "would violate the constitutional rights of free speech and due process, and stifle innovation in the news business," the American Society of News Editors said in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee last week, when the panel was expected to vote on it. The vote was delayed after ASNE and numerous Internet experts raised their concerns.

December 19, 2011

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