Emergency Internet control bill gets a rewrite

[Mari333]

Sen. Jay Rockefeller alarmed technology and telecommunications firms last year when he announced a plan for the president to seize "emergency" control of the Internet. Now the West Virginia Democrat is trying again with a new version that aides hope will be seen as less extreme.

During a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday attended by about a dozen industry representatives, CNET has learned, Rockefeller's staff pitched a revised version of his controversial cybersecurity legislation.

It says that after the president chooses to "declare a cybersecurity emergency," he can activate a "response and restoration plan" involving networks owned and operated by the private sector. In an attempt to limit criticism, instead of spelling out the plan's details, the latest draft simply says that it must be developed by the White House in advance.

There is no requirement that the emergency response plan be made public, meaning it could still include a forcible disconnection of critical Web sites from the Internet--which is what the March 2009 version of the legislation had proposed.












http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20000684-38.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1

[NightWatcher]

1. could the same "restoration plan" also be used to turn it off?

[DJ13]

2. We bemoaned the lack of freedom when Iran did the same thing

during their nationwide protests after the last election.

Should we really consider being no better than Iran?

[Mari333]

3. so much macho chest thumping , I may get the vapours and swoon

[DJ13]

4. lol!

:thumbsup:

[FSogol]

5. Haw-haw! Take that, Cheeseburger hazing Cats! n/t