Freedom and Privacy on the Internet is one of the most paramount things in the world right now. Without it, the Internet would plunge into a pit of darkness and oblivion. However, over the last two decades, Freedom and Privacy on the Internet has been attacked and been under siege. The Patriot Act in 2001, SOPA/PIPA in 2012, FOSTA/SESTA in 2018, Article 11 and 13 with the Copyright Directive in the European Union, the CASE Act(just like Article 11/13), the Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act, and COPPA with YouTube.

And now, we have the EARN IT Act, which is designed to give Internet companies/websites a choice of either weaken their encryption and completely endanger everyone that uses their sites or abandon their Section 230 protections and face a multitude of lawsuits that will either result in bankruptcy or websites being taken down.

The Hellfire advocates for Freedom and Privacy on the Internet and Virtual Rights have been fearing has reared its ugly head since the Patriot Act. It's all coming to ahead and if we don't stop it, the Internet will soon become a dark pit of darkness and oblivion where the masses will no longer have any access to the visible web, no more Google, YouTube, Yahoo, Twitter, Instagram, Bing, any search engine or website will more than likely be shut down as a result and many of us will be forced to go to the deep web just to acquire the Freedom and Privacy we surely deserve.

It is a tinfoil mindset to think such things, but one must be able to think of the worst-case scenarios in order to prepare and/or develop laws that will prevent such worst-case scenarios.

One would think that the First and Fourth Amendment would protect the people and websites from these worst-case scenarios, but unfortunately, that has not been the case. It has not stopped Congress from passing or introducing these sorts of laws so they must either believe that the First and Fourth doesn't apply to the Internet or just have a blatant disregard for both. So let us assume that it's reason number 1. The only way in order to make Congressmen believe that Freedom, Constitutional Rights, and Privacy apply to the Internet is to introduce an Amendment stating such. We shouldn't have to introduce such an Amendment, but neither should laws stating that all men and women, regardless of race or culture, are equal. It's a common-sense understanding that everyone is equal and not above or below anyone, and yet here we are.

That said, this is what this petition advocates for. An Amendment to secure that everyone, be individually or collectively, shall be guaranteed Freedom, their Constitutional Rights, and Privacy on the Internet. The Internet Freedom & Privacy Amendment, if you shall call it.

Text of the Amendment:

Congress shall make no law that prohibits the guarantee that the people and websites can exercise their Freedom, Constitutional Rights, and Privacy on the Internet.