If the U.S. comes under cyberattack, how much authority should the president have to shut down the Internet? That’s at the core of the debate over different versions of the cybersecurity legislation currently in circulation in Washington. Senate Bill 733 limits that authority. A previous version of the Act, introduced about a year ago, gave the president the power to flip the switch on all or some portions of the infrastructure of the Internet in the interests of homeland security.
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Bill Curbs President's Power to Flip Internet Off-Switch
Posted by: Kimberly Hill March 19, 2010 09:46 AMIf the U.S. comes under cyberattack, how much authority should the president have to shut down the Internet? That’s at the core of the debate over different versions of the cybersecurity legislation currently in circulation in Washington. Senate Bill 733 limits that authority. A previous version of the Act, introduced about a year ago, gave the president the power to flip the switch on all or some portions of the infrastructure of the Internet in the interests of homeland security.