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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: DULurkster on April 04, 2009, 12:02:56 AM

Title: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Post by: DULurkster on April 04, 2009, 12:02:56 AM

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/should-obama-control-internet     (yeah, I know)

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Should Obama Control the Internet?
A new bill would give the President emergency authority to halt web traffic and access private data.
—By Steve Aquino
Thu April 2, 2009 12:33 PM PST

Should President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency?

Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor—an arm of the executive branch that would have vast power to monitor and control Internet traffic to protect against threats to critical cyber infrastructure. That broad power is rattling some civil libertarians.

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF) gives the president the ability to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any "critical" information network "in the interest of national security." The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president.

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I don't seem to get surprised by much anymore. :therock:

Language of Bill
http://cdt.org/security/CYBERSEC4.pdf

Title: Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Post by: Chris on April 04, 2009, 12:05:11 AM

Not Breaking News.  Moved to Politics.

Title: Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Post by: jinxmchue on April 05, 2009, 07:21:10 AM

Why are people cheering on this jackhole's power grabs???   :thatsright:   :censored:

Title: Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Post by: thundley4 on April 05, 2009, 07:39:08 AM

Quote from: jinxmchue on April 05, 2009, 07:21:10 AM

Why are people cheering on this jackhole's power grabs???   :thatsright:   :censored:

He still has them bamboozled into believing that if he gets enough power, then they'll get their "Free Pony^TM".

Title: Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Post by: NHSparky on April 05, 2009, 07:53:49 AM

Ask for your Free Pony, and here it is:

(http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/2889/poneyec2.jpg)

Title: Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Post by: Lanie on April 06, 2009, 09:17:37 PM

I think in the end Obama will prefer to tax the internet. lol.