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February 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda In their unity on what they describe as “global movement for digital freedom”, the protesters termed the treaty as a violation of freedom of speech and communication privacy.
The ACTA is a multi-national treaty intended to protect intellectual property rights, “including infringement taking place in the digital environment”.
Experts, however, say this would require the signatory countries to punish even non-commercial breaches of copyright with criminal prosecution and even jail terms.
“Private companies and national states gain more power over the common internet users and that will be bad for everyone,” a protester said, commenting on the implications of the ACTA.
Under street pressure, Germany and Poland have already declared they will scrap ACTA. The persistent demands of the people in Bulgaria have also led to the country’s lawmakers asking the vice-president of the EU Commission to shed light on the concerns of the people.
The demonstrators say ACTA is dramatically altering the very nature of what they call “the greatest achievement of the modern world,” the Internet, and that they feel “trapped” because corporatism is abusing their democratic rights.
Massive protests have engulfed European countries, particularly eastern Europe, where the move is compared to the Big Brother-style surveillance used by former communist regimes.
The agreement, ACTA, was signed on October 1, 2011 by Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States. Last month, 22 members of the European Union also signed the deal, bringing the total number of the signatories to 31.
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