20.01 12:04

Mark Zuckerberg Speaks out Against SOPA, Rediscovers Twitter


Mentioned within a public Facebook status update on his personal account, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg spoke out against both the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) Internet piracy bills. Within the post, Zuckerberg states “The Internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected world. We can’t let poorly thought out laws get in the way of the Internet’s development. Facebook opposes SOPA and PIPA, and we will continue to oppose any laws that will hurt the Internet.” Zuckerberg went on to encourage his 10.9 million subscribers to contact their local congressmen and advocate pro-Internet views on the subject of SOPA and PIPA.
Zuckerberg also linked to Facebook’s official Anti-Piracy Bills page that details Facebook’s stance on the issue as well as a plea to Congress not to rush the process of approving the two bills. In addition to using Facebook to spread the message about the two bill, Zuckerburg posted “Tell your congressmen you want them to be pro-Internet. My Facebook post is here,” on his dormant Twitter account @finkd. While Zuckerberg has approximately 120,000 followers on the account, he hasn’t used the social network to publish an update since March 13, 2009. In addition, today’s tweet increases his total tweets to 19 for the entire lifetime of the account.
While Facebook didn’t actively participate in the blackout protests seen on Wikipedia, Reddit and Google, Facebook users continued to post responses regarding the proposed bills and many users shared Google’s petition on the subject. However, many Twitter users found themselves at the subject of ridicule as the @herpderpedia Twitter account constantly posted retweets regarding complaints about Wikipedia. Many high school and college students constantly complained about not being able to access Wikipedia in regards to completing homework or writing a research paper.


Expert Opinion

Iran ‘chooses Armenia’ over Azerbaijan

News.Az interviews Israeli international relations expert Arye Gut.

What can you say about the recent explosions and attempted explosion targeted against Israeli embassies in Delhi, Bangkok and Tbilisi?

I think that the Iranian mullocracy and its pals are linked to the two explosions in the Thai capital Bangkok. This proves that Tehran is continuing state terrorism. It is no secret that the leadership of the Islamic Republic and their allies in the militarized Lebanese Shia organization Hezbollah continue to represent a threat to regional and global stability.

A blast occurred in a house where Iranian Sayed Moradi was staying in Bangkok yesterday. Two people who were in the house with him managed to get away. Moradi also wanted to get away and tried to take a taxi, but the driver refused to take the Iranian who was bleeding. As police officers tried to detain him, he threw a grenade towards the police, but it detonated close to the Iranian, blowing off his legs.

However, Iran remains the main threat to Israel, the region and the world. This country is the main exporter of terror in the world. Unfortunately, for many years the West had been ignoring the threat for political reasons. But now the question tops the international agenda. This also applies to Europe, the United States and moderate Arab regimes that fear the regional ambitions of the Iranian regime. Iran’s actions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Yemen and South America are not directed against Israel.

For a long time Israeli security structures have been following the activities of Iranian intelligence, the Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah terrorists. It is worth mentioning that they conducted joint attacks, for example, in Argentina in 1992 and 1994. In the past four years, these structures have made new attempts to strike at Israeli targets. Several terrorist attacks were prevented in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Thailand, Turkey, and several other countries. We have enough evidence to suggest that they are behind the terrorist attack in New Delhi and the attempted attack in Tbilisi. Do not forget that the Iranians were planning to attack Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States and the Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan.

How do you assess the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic note to its friendly neighbour, Azerbaijan?

This note was handed to Azerbaijan’s ambassador, Javanshir Akhundov. It argues that Baku allegedly assisted agents of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, associated with attacks against Iranian scientists.

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