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I posted this elsewhere, but I think it got buried. IMO it is worth reposting here: Assuming this spreads, I believe a potential ramification of major sites bl
by cookiecaper 15y ago
I posted this elsewhere, but I think it got buried. IMO it is worth reposting here:
Assuming this spreads, I believe a potential ramification of major sites blacking out would be new laws that would attempt to make such black outs illegal.
It could be seen as equivalent to strikes in essential service industries like transportation. Such strikes are semi-regulated and governments can and have ordered strikers back on the job to maintain public order. I see this possibility as a potentially major unintended consequence of putting Facebook "on strike".
- drivingmenuts 15y agoI really don't see how a law like that would ever get past the Supreme Court, seeing as how it's a major restriction of 1st Amendment rights. It would also be a major signal to every web app out there that this is the wrong country to be in. edit: wrong institution.
- nitrogen 15y agoBy the time something reaches the Supreme Court, years of damage have been done.
- harryf 15y agoAgree - a blackout will essentially kill any negotiation and change the topic to one purely about power and authority, which defeats the purpose. Selectively demonstrating the potential impact of SOPA by censoring some of its supporters might work but in the end this is about negotiation not "going nuclear"