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Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes said she is "Glad [the] tide is turning on SOPA," explaining rather than having "bad legislation" there "should be safeguarding benefits of open net". "Speeding is illegal too but you don't put speed bumps on the motorway", she said. [163]
Several protests broke out against United States President Donald Trump's mass deportation of illegal immigrants following the start of his second presidential term on January 20, 2025. Large-scale protests have occurred in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, South Carolina, and Texas.
On November 16, 2011, SOPA was discussed by the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary. Tumblr, Mozilla, Techdirt, and the Center for Democracy and Technology were among many Internet companies who protested by participating in 'American Censorship Day', by displaying black banners over their site logos with the words "STOP CENSORSHIP."
Moments later on the Senate floor, state Sen. Andrew Chesney, R-Freeport, said the measure will shield illegal immigrants in the state after living in Illinois for only three months.
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 10: Migrants living at the Chicago Police Department's 15th District are seen inside the station on Sunday, September 10, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Joshua Lott ...
But the executive order, by itself, doesn’t make providing gender-affirming care illegal, especially in the 24 states that don’t have any laws prohibiting care, said Craig Konnoth, a law ...
A January 20, 2012, editorial in the Daily Kos described Wyden as "The biggest SOPA/PIPA hero". [38] After Senator Wyden, Senator Moran was one of the first Senators to recognize the problems with PIPA and to take a stand against the bill [ 39 ] Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R) also publicly voiced his opposition to the legislation as well ...
A news analysis in the information technology magazine eWeek stated, "The language of SOPA is so broad, the rules so unconnected to the reality of Internet technology and the penalties so disconnected from the alleged crimes that this bill could effectively kill e-commerce or even normal Internet use. The bill also has grave implications for ...