34 ISPs Subpoenaed By U.S. Government

seanonymous writes "The Justice Department, in their continued effort to revive questionable legislation, has subpoenaed dozens of ISPs for files. Considering that ISPs generally host their users' mail, this seems like it could be a larger issue than their fight with Google over search queries. Some, like Verizon, even resisted the call for information." From the article: "Representatives for McAfee and Symantec confirmed that the companies had received and complied with the subpoenas. A spokeswoman at LookSmart did not immediately return a phone call. Many of the subpoenas asked for information related to products that can be used to filter out adult content for underage Internet users. Symantec's subpoena, dated June 29, asked for a wide range of information about the price and popularity of the Internet filtering products it sells and how the products are used by customers. " Information Week has a number of the documents involved, including the letter of objection from Verizon.

Comments

Really? Porn?

[zoidbergwins]

Why is the government so concerned about controlling children's access to porn latley? Have the children found a way to extract oil from internet porn?

Little Brother

[Doc Ruby]

Republicans stand for small, limited, noninvasive government. Personal freedom, corporate independence.

Re:Thank goodness I'm not in the US..

[smoker2]

Remember, this is the president who actually beleives god instructs him personally

Great, so the most powerful man in the most powerful nation has an imaginary friend who tells him what to do !

Aren't there laws about that ?

Re:Damn...

[brandonbradley]

G)-(ostly (960826)wrote: >> I'm voting Democrat.

Cthulhu for President. Why vote for a lesser evil?

http://www.cthulhu.org/