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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

I thought I'd bump this one because I came across this little gem:

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews...et-treaty-acta

"Before the American people were protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act, the president managed to sign an international treaty which would permit foreign companies to demand that ISPs (Internet Service Providers) remove web content in the United States without any legal oversight. Entitled the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the treaty was signed by Obama on October 1, 2011, but it is currently a subject of discussion because the White House is circulating a petition demanding that senators ratify the treaty."

Although the title goes overboard using the word "deadly" to describe an internet treaty, it seems ACTA has some similar elements to SOPA, and Obama signed this one quietly as well, seemingly with no Congressional discussion.

Interestingly, I couldn't find many mainstream articles on this.

canada has signed onto ACTA as well