SOPA is a very sad thing and I hope it does not succeed. Stateside, everybody I talk to hates the idea, even among the recent frothing madness of romney. Yet there's a feeling like it's not a thing we have any say in, that it's being decided for us. Only a feeling, logic doesn't support it. Still.

What methods do we have to verify our level of freedom on the internet? I'm not the expert you are in IT, Hanna, but I don't know where I'd even go to verify this, or to get a fair reading of it. And I'm cynical that we'll be guaranteed access to such tools in the future.

Is there a feeling that you are not trusted on the internet in Belarus? Or, that you are being watched? And, in general, is there such a sense in Belarus, about being watched, as is common in Russia (or seems to be, mind you I've not yet been there)? I'm interested in how this law impacts the hearts and minds of the Belarussian.