“Site-blocking is a common tool in almost 60 countries, including leading democracies and many of America’s closest allies,” MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin informed the audience. “So today, here with you at CinemaCon, I’m announcing the next major phase of this effort: the MPA is going to work with Members of Congress to enact judicial site-blocking legislation here in the United States.” The FADPA bill, the yet-to-be-published ACPA bill, and new addition Block BEARD bill, represent three different takes on a familiar site-blocking recipe. Each bill contains more or less of the same core ingredients utilized in countries engaged in blocking elsewhere. The headline figure of 60 countries may have needed some initial adjustment, and potentially even more after democracy entered the site-blocking equation."
Now they're saying 50 "democratic countries" instead of 60 countries, to push the narrative this is a democratic value.