Online Freedom of Speech Act Introduced in House

Fox Cutter writes "Today in the House of Representatives, Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) introduced a companion piece of legislation to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's bill (S.678) to exclude the Internet from the definition of 'public communication' in the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002." If the bill passes, this would free the internet from FEC regulation.

Comments

Re:Clearly, this will go nowhere

[Doc Ruby]

So, the aristocratic figurehead is no longer accountable directly in the polls, so he'll hold back on ripping us off and destroying our liberty? He feeds on citizens like worms on a corpse.

Write your representative NOW!

[kangpeh]

We CANNOT let this bill pass AS IT IS NOW. While we WANT freedom (i.e., eff) and we WANT to see cute girls, WE CANNOT RISK the FACT that WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS, i.e., rules, IT WILL BE CHAOS and ANARCHY.

WHO is to say that TERRORISTS won't use the internet to communicate now!? Who is to say that you won't find pictures of your son or daughter on the internet now!?

YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVE IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT LET THIS BILL PASS AS IT IS NOW!!!!!!!!!!! We DO NOT want more 4chan or wtfux etc. WEBSITES running around. That will be chaos for society as a whole.

Re:Clearly, this will go nowhere

[andreyw]

if _anything_, he double the ripping and the destroying, now that he /doesn't/ need to be re-elected...

gosh GP is so naive.

Memo received

[AtariAmarok]

"Sinclair is using airwaves that belong to the people to broadcast their claptrap"

Memo to the Baker: The First Amendment protects claptrap.

"Once again we see that ignorance and a high user ID are strongly correlated."

Once again we see that ID number is directly proportional to IQ and respect for free speech rights....even for "claptrap".

Once again, here is that arch conservative Mario Cuomo: "Precisely because radio and TV have become our principal sources of news and information, we should accord broadcasters the utmost freedom in order to insure a truly free press.".