On January 14, 2012, White House officials posted a statement saying, "Any effort to combat online piracy must guard against the risk of online censorship of lawful activity and must not inhibit innovation by our dynamic businesses large and small", and "We must avoid creating new cybersecurity risks or disrupting the underlying architecture of the Internet."
Zvaničnici Bele Kuće su 14. januara 2012. godine izjavili: “Bilo koji napor učinjen za borbu protiv onlajn piraterije mora da vodi računa o ugrožavanju onlajn cenzure pravnih aktivnosti i ne sme sputavati inovacije u našim malim ili velikim kompanijama”, i “Moramo izbegavati stvaranje novih rizika po sajber bezbednost ili ometanja osnova arhitekture Interneta.”