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SOPA Would Signal the End of Reddit, GM Says

The Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) has been a specter looming over the internet as we know it for the past few weeks, as a last-minute reprieve and then expected revival just before the holidays has prompted opponents to cry foul.

Web users are right to fear the overly punitive measures proposed by SOPA, an ugly bit of legislation with some deep-pocketed sponsors in the entertainment industry- who have been posting propaganda to turn the tide of nearly-unanimous dissent on the internet. Now Reddit general manager Erik Martin (hueypriest) says that even with a strong team of lawyers, it would be difficult to keep Reddit alive should the laws pass.

In a comment, Martin describes a bleak internet dystopia if SOPA passes:


In response to a user’s comment that SOPA targets mainly “rogue” foreign sites, Martin says that analysis indicates that it is a “safe assumption” that Reddit will be a target.

  • Sath Lifustein

    So I guess SOPA is has some pluses after all?