This week, the Federal Election Commission voted to exempt much political communication on the Internet from the provisions of the McCain-Feingold finance law. This action is a partial win on free-speech rights, but bad news on government control of the Internet. A few years ago, the FEC issued regulations exempting the Internet from the just-passed McCain-Feingold law, but U.S. district Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly overturned them, arguing that the commission’s rules undermined the law.
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Keeping Free Speech Free
Posted by: Sonia Arrison March 31, 2006 05:00 AMThis week, the Federal Election Commission voted to exempt much political communication on the Internet from the provisions of the McCain-Feingold finance law. This action is a partial win on free-speech rights, but bad news on government control of the Internet. A few years ago, the FEC issued regulations exempting the Internet from the just-passed McCain-Feingold law, but U.S. district Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly overturned them, arguing that the commission’s rules undermined the law.