July 21, 2013

Big Media’s push for extreme new Internet censorship rules stalls secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership talks

Big Media lobbyists and unelected bureaucrats are holding closed-door meetings in Malaysia this week, as they continue secret talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a highly secretive and extreme trade deal being negotiated by Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Peru, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the United States, Singapore, and Vietnam.
Reports from Malaysia indicate that the TPP talks are stalled over five key issues - including a key chapter on copyright and Intellectual Property rights that would censor and criminalize Internet use.
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