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FEC Extending Election Regulation to the Internet
m_d_j_00 writes "Cnet has a story about Federal Election Commission plans to extend election laws to the Internet." From the article: "In 2002, the FEC exempted the Internet by a 4-2 vote, but U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly last fall overturned that decision. 'The commission's exclusion of Internet communications from the coordinated communications regulation severely undermines' the campaign finance law's purposes, Kollar-Kotelly wrote." This may include regulation of bloggers and mailing lists linking to or forwarding campaign website URLs.
"There are only two things I can't stand in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures... and the Dutch."
- Nigel Powers, Austin Powers 3: Goldmember
"What the hell is an aluminum falcon?"
Seems the people with points today dont understand the concept of sarcasm..
---- Booth was a patriot ----
<best kodos voice> GO AHEAD... THROW YOUR VOTE AWAY! HA HA HA HA!</best kodos voice>
you know... sometimes, the lamness filter really pisses me off.
"In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women..." -H. Simpson
"Who decides who gets funded in publicly financed campaigns? The people already in office. Unless you want everyone who decides to run to get several million dollars in advertising. At which point the elections would make the California Gubernatorial process look serious."
...because it's always gonna be between a giant douche and a turd sandwich ..."
Come on, I think we can trust our own elected officials to know what is best for us. I'm sure they will decide fairly and honestly how to regulate candidates so we will only get the best to choose from. How much choice do we really need anyway? What choice do we have now?
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