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Should Obama Control the Internet?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:08 pm
by pbwalker
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/200 ... l-internet
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.
Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:15 pm
by boomerang
Maybe he'll put Algore in charge.
Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:30 pm
by nitrogen
no.
Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:50 pm
by jorge
Russell wrote:Absolutely not.
You can't control the spread of information. It's anti-American, and against the first amendment.
Only in the way the National Firearms Act and similar laws are against the second amendment.
Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:14 pm
by nuparadigm
jorge wrote:Russell wrote:Absolutely not.
You can't control the spread of information. It's anti-American, and against the first amendment.
Only in the way the National Firearms Act and similar laws are against the second amendment.
Which is why the move to control the spread of information on the internet is just as wrong as the NFA is.
Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:40 pm
by jorge
nuparadigm wrote:Which is why the move to control the spread of information on the internet is just as wrong as the NFA is.
I agree. The problem is the soap box, jury box and ballot box have failed to prevent that.
Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:54 pm
by lunchbox
he thinks he should regulate everything
Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:41 pm
by boomerang
Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:41 pm
by barres
Not just no, but...
Okay, I can't finish my thought on this because of the 10 year old daughter rule.
Re: Should Obama Control the Internet?
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:08 pm
by nitrogen
I understand why he wants the "authority" to do that (in order to stop a distructive internet worm for instance)
Having that authority, even if its initially for the right reasons is no good.
Problem is, he doesn't need that authority; ISP's would most likely do it themselves, and in an emergency, law enforcement could probably get a warrant to do so pretty quickly, which is how it SHOULD happen, if it should happen at all.
