Electronic Frontier Foundation
Congress is considering bills that let content owners block entire websites, even if they contain lawful content. It’s a huge overreach. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-no-to-internet-blacklists
Tell Congress: No to Internet Blacklists

Congress is once again pushing dangerous website-blocking laws, including the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA). These bills would let copyright holders get court orders to block entire websites, without due process, based on nothing but a hollow promise not to abuse their new power.

Apr 10, 2025 at 5:29pmWeb
Show threadBrad HowesApr 10, 2025
@eff disappointed to read no ideas to improve nor any alternatives to existing proposal. It could be and probably will be abused, but it will also offer a path for legitimate removals of personal material. Please do better to inform and lead on these issues.
Show threadDianne HackbornApr 10, 2025

@__BRH__ @eff Isn't a point of how to improve right in the first paragraph? "without due process, based on nothing but a hollow promise not to abuse their new power."

So, have a clear legal process to decide when a website's behavior is egregious enough to allow it to be blocked?

Show threadCartel InstituteApr 11, 2025
In the longer term, the real game plan is to have a tool to silence dissidents. Someone makes false claims of copyright infringement, and their opponent's rights to speak is immediately taken down without due process. This means the mere accusation of copyright infringement can be used to silence people.

So if something political in the news comes up and the foreign press is making someone look bad, they can make a false claim, get their website blocked, and by the time it goes through court, it is no longer in the news cycle, and people aren't paying attention anymore. A nice little tool to manipulate the masses.

@Brad Howes @Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show threadJens Henning SApr 10, 2025
@eff howdy! link ends in 404. Can u pls correct?
Show threadTom 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 10, 2025

@eff 404 confirmed.

UPDATE: Link now works.