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SAVE THE INTERNET

The freedom of the internet is under attack! Our friend Leslie Hall has made this video illustrating just what's going on.

Video: We Are the Web

The problem with this issue is that not many people give a shit about it right now because it's too techie and too boring a debate to feel strongly about. But nobody gives a shit about anything anymore, have you noticed? Everyone is too busy with their Myspace, YouTube, BitTorrents and porn. Which is weird because those popular websites owe something to the freedoms at stake right now in the US Congress...

LONDON - SURFING PORN FOR PAY

Downloading indecent images is once again in the news. Thing is, you can't just google that shit. You really have to dig for it on creepy messageboards. But isn't it weird how everyone who is charged says they were doing "research"? Well here's a true story of a guy who actually did it "professionally":

"Surfing for hardcore porn was my job. Well, porn was just part of it. I signed a non-disclosure agreement, so I'm legally bound not to go into specific details about my employers. All I can say is that the job was part of a wider 'sort through' of thousands of UK websites looking for "unsuitable and illegal material"...