>>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.
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>>http://www.prisonplanet.com/new-bill-gives-obama-kill-switch-to-shut-down-the-internet.html
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>>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/
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>>UGH!
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>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.
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>More worrisome, to me, are various data retention policies already in place or being contemplated:
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>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:105:0054:0063:EN:PDF
>http://www.zdnet.com.au/govt-wants-isps-to-record-browsing-history-339303785.htm

Google has all the data anyway...hahahahaha