Thursday, January 19, 2012

Gary Johnson slams Congress over SOPA: ‘Hands off the Internet’ | The State Column

Gary Johnson slams Congress over SOPA: ‘Hands off the Internet’ | The State Column:

January 19, 20102 - "Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, a 2012 Libertarian presidential candidate, slammed the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Wednesday. “We want the government to keep its hands off the Internet,” Mr. Johnson wrote in a blog post on his official campaign website.... Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and a Libertarian party candidate in 1988, also slammed SOPA and the Protect Internet Privacy Act (PIPA) Wednesday.

"Mr. Johnson also encouraged his friends on Google plus to sign Google’s 'End Piracy, Not Liberty' petition. “There is no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S. jobs,” the 'End Piracy, Not Liberty' petition read.

"'Kudos to Wikipedia and the thousands of the other sites who took action to let people know of these threats to Internet freedom, the flow of information, and the free market,” Mr. Johnson professed.

"'As I have said, there are NO problems with the Internet that we want the government to try to fix!,' Mr. Johnson added."

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