birdwatcher: (Default)
[personal profile] birdwatcher
Slashdot -- "A bill that would penalize companies for assisting repressive regimes in censoring the Internet may finally be headed to a vote. The Global Online Freedom Act 'would not only prevent companies like Yahoo from giving up the goods to totalitarian regimes, but would also prohibit US-based Internet companies from blocking online content from US government or government-financed web sites in other countries.'

Кажется, товарищи не осознают, что этот закон является типичным инструментом тиранического режима, предписывающего своим гражданам, что им можно и что нельзя делать в сети.

Да, кстати: the president would be allowed to waive the provisions of the Act for national security purposes.