U.S. Senate to revive Internet 'kill switch' legislation

Examiner Saturday 29th January, 2011

It's something that's been discussed before: am Internet "kill switch" to give the President power to reduce the impact of a cyber-attack. While it passed a committee on Dec. 15, 2010, the full Senate did not act on the measure. Despite what may appear to be bad timing, based on the actions of Egypt, it appears the bill is set to return. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). In a email to Wired sent last Friday, Collins said the following:

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They continue to destroy the constitution at every opportunity they get. This is a violation of freedom of speech. Look also at S510 that passed 12/2010. It is a criminal act for a person to grow, sell, or trade food.

Red-feather - 01-30-11, 10:42 AM

This is how Tyranny starts... Ask the Egyptians...

The Ghost - 01-31-11, 01:04 AM

I have some experience with the internet having built and run an ISP. there is no reason the government needs to get start controlling the internet. It makes a little sense as allowing them to control free speech. Oh wait, they already do that.

dhuiffman - 01-31-11, 10:50 PM

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