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The solution is to make those that support these bill pay the price (as high as possible - in votes, revenue, public image,...) for it. One by one...

• Centigonal 13y ago
  ...Until we get tired or apathetic. Then we lose. There are asymmetric levels of incentive here. Organizing large-scale political action against everyone in the first world who infringes on people's internet privacy rights is simply unsustainable. You can't fight a problem that's essentially systemic by finding and painstakingly stamping out every instance of it happening. A systemic problem needs a systemic solution.
• rossriley 13y ago
  The problem with this thinking is that it's impractical to vote on the basis of single issues when we elect representatives at a local level. When choosing from the ten or so candidates available we have to consider a broad spectrum of issues; who will manage the health service the best, who will be best for the economy etc. Whilst internet censorship is an important element, it's by no means the primary consideration even for us that work in the industry, let alone the wider electorate.