Serious Restrictions Coming to Internet Freedom?
June 26, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under Communication, Government & Politics
This story has been around for a little while but the question is still out on the impact of these types of decisions. Have you been aware of this pending legislation? Does it worry you? The long-term effects of these changes could be more than you would think initially.
The news is regularly peppered with stories of computers and networks being compromised and security being questioned. The new bill introduced as the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 will give the US Government extended reach in shutting down portions of the Internet as they deem necessary, as well as gaining control and access to data previously off limits to government review without due process and legal warrants.
Perhaps more interesting than the article itself is the amount of comments that have now been collected on the article. Read the article to get a better idea of the details of what’s being discussed, but read the comments to start getting colorful representation of how these proposed changes are expected to impact individuals and businesses.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation provides good overview of the impact to these proposed changes as well.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this legislation as it continues to be discussed.
This simply can’t happen (it can), but if the people let this bill pass they are letting freedoms go in exchange for security. This bill doesn’t even have anything to do with the Koreans attacking our grid, they probably have their own providers and servers up, how is restricting the U.S peoples internet abilities going to stop outside terrorists? it’s not. I will blow out peoples head if this happens..