>The federal government would have “absolute power” to shut down the Internet under the terms of a new US Senate bill being pushed by Joe Lieberman, legislation which would hand President Obama a figurative “kill switch” to seize control of the world wide web in response to a Homeland Security directive. > >http://www.prisonplanet.com/new-bill-gives-obama-kill-switch-to-shut-down-the-internet.html > >So we've got a Dem (Rockefeller) and a so-called Ind (Leiberman) supporting this...how much longer until the social conservatives of the Reps jump on board. Especially if it's to "protect the children". >http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/15/epidemic-growth-of-net-porn-cited/ > >UGH!
I'd be surprised if there isn't already a de facto kill switch available to the US federal administration. If nothing else, this bill opens up the discussion.
More worrisome, to me, are various data retention policies already in place or being contemplated:
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