[Noisebridge-discuss] Extreme executive control of Internet bill now in Congress

[Taylor Alexander]

Well, thats lovely.

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Sai <sai at saizai.com> wrote:

> Here's the full bill (thanks, tipper):
> <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:S3480:>
>
> Note the final : in the URL is required. (WTF, LoC?)
>
> - Sai
>
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 23:00, Sai <sai at saizai.com> wrote:
> > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20007418-38.html
> >
> > Y'all know the drill, sadly.
> >
> > tl;dr of the bill per the cnet article (I wasn't able to download the
> > original source; anyone have a better official link?):
> >
> > * President can order ISPs etc to do *anything* (say, shut down the
> > 'net, hand over your data, whatever they feel like).
> > * Gov't department can decide what tech companies can/can't use.
> > * Tech companies mandated to share info w/ gov't.
> > * Tech companies immune from liability for damages for security fuckups.
> >
> > - Sai
> >
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