SOPA and PIPA: not Russian curse words

Although you may get this impression if you know a bit of Russian. But no, these two are just two new bills being pushed through Congress that will curb some fairly elementary freedom of speech - related Internet functions. That under the guise of fighting copyright piracy and "online infringement", whatever it means.

Here is a response by Electronic Frontier Foundation.

And here is a statement by Andrew Ian Dodge - one of the very few politicians who understands what these two bills are really about.

And why should I worry about American legislation? Simply because it will quickly become a golden standard for other lawmakers monkeying with freedom of speech.