[privacy] U.S. House Passes Broad Mandatory Internet Filtering Bill

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via CDT.org.

[snip]


The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would force schools
and libraries to block chat and social networking sites as a condition
of receiving federal E-rate funding.

This bill goes far beyond the already broad mandate that requires
schools and libraries to filter out obscenity and "harmful-to-minors"
content and would block access to many legal and valuable web sites and
Internet tools. Because chat and social networking are woven into the
fabric of Internet communication, a huge range of sites may be declared
off limits in libraries and schools.

The bill appoints the Federal Communications Commission as the arbiter
of what can and cannot be accessed in libraries around the country,
meaning that for the first time, the federal government would be
getting into the business of evaluating and screening wholly lawful
Internet content.

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More:
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/920

- ferg



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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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