In the midst of the civil unrest in Egypt and throughout the Middle East, U.S. Senate-proposed legislation that has become known as the “Internet kill switch bill” was recently reintroduced.
The controversial bill, first introduced by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn, in June 2010, seeks to empower the president and, in turn, the Department of Homeland Security to issue decrees that pertain to certain privately owned computer systems should the president declare a “national cyberemergency.”
Now do you really want to associate the USA with countries such as Myanmar, Iran, China and Egpt under the dictatorship when it comes to freedom of expression and social liberties?
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Worries Abound Over US Cyber-Emergency Internet Policy
Posted by: C. Donald Brown February 26, 2011 05:00 AMIn the midst of the civil unrest in Egypt and throughout the Middle East, U.S. Senate-proposed legislation that has become known as the “Internet kill switch bill” was recently reintroduced.
The controversial bill, first introduced by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn, in June 2010, seeks to empower the president and, in turn, the Department of Homeland Security to issue decrees that pertain to certain privately owned computer systems should the president declare a “national cyberemergency.”