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FEC Extending Election Regulation to the Internet

Posted by Zonk on from the more-complications-for-the-blogosphere dept.

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.

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  1. Re:I don't think so by jay-be-em · · Score: -1, Troll

    Insightful? FFS, this is the FEC not the FCC. Slashdot: Where comments displaying the lack of ability to comprehend even the article summary get modded up.

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  2. Sure, why not by nurb432 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Cant have that pesky 'free speech' thing going on.

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