Through domain seizures, ISP blockades, search engine censorship, and cutting funding of allegedly copyright infringing websites, the bill takes Internet censorship to the next level. The U.S. Government is determined to put an end to online piracy. In an attempt to give copyright holders and the authorities all the tools required to disable access to so-called rogue sites, lawmakers will soon introduce the PROTECT IP Act.

This story is about how a new highly sophisticated computer malware, named stuxnet, has infected industrial sites in Iran, India and Indonesia. The reason I'm posting this is because all major U.S. news sites with the exception of Bloomberg is reporting that this is most likely a nation state attack and not a hacker attack. also, they do not make it clear that industrial systems are not on the web, this was a physical USB infection. This is important because there has been some moves to place more controls on the web because of potential cyber attack.

Can Obama Shut Down the Internet?

A new bill rocketing through Congress would give the president sweeping powers to police the Web for national-security reasons. Could this be a way to block WikiLeaks?

Is cyberspace about to get censored?