Thread: Bill would give president emergency control of Internet

When Rockefeller, the chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) introduced the original bill in April, they claimed it was vital to protect national cybersecurity. "We must protect our critical infrastructure at all costs--from our water to our electricity, to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records," Rockefeller said.

You know, that actually does make sense.

The last thing they want is a free thinking free speaking internet during a revolution lol

"Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney with EFF told CNET that changes to the original version of the bill do not address pressing privacy concerns.
Tien told the publication: 'The language has changed but it doesn't contain any real additional limits. It simply switches the more direct and obvious language they had originally to the more ambiguous (version)...The designation of what is a critical infrastructure system or network as far as I can tell has no specific process. There's no provision for any administrative process or review. That's where the problems seem to start. And then you have the amorphous powers that go along with it.'

McCullagh avers: 'Translation: If your company is deemed 'critical,' a new set of regulations kick in involving who you can hire, what information you must disclose, and when the government would exercise control over your computers or network.'

And there you have it, a 'cybersecurity' blacklist to accompany a potential state takeover of the Internet during a 'national emergency.'"
(Found this quote on this site: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?con...&aid=14964)

Ah, Canada. Internet Not censored like in china, And Doesn't have a switch like the states is installing...

Great White North For The Win!

Originally Posted by ALIENX-PERT

Ah, Canada. Internet Not censored like in china, And Doesn't have a switch like the states is installing...

Great White North For The Win!

Oh? That you know of!
I'm just kidding. That's actually kind of interesting, that Canada has a laissez faire attitude towards the net.

When Rockefeller, the chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) introduced the original bill in April, they claimed it was vital to protect national cybersecurity. "We must protect our critical infrastructure at all costs--from our water to our electricity, to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records," Rockefeller said.

So instead of relying less on externally-accessible computer networks for these kinds of things, let's pass legislation that will be used to limit our right to free speech. Great logic, idiot.

Then again, I'd expect nothing less from a Rockefeller.

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