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U.S. Senate Ratifies Cybercrime Treaty
espo812 writes "A story from Washingtonpost.com says, 'The Senate has ratified a treaty under which the United States will join more than 40 other countries, mainly from Europe, in fighting crimes committed via the Internet.' Ars Technica says it's the 'World's Worst Internet Law.'" From the Ars story: "According to the EFF, 'The treaty requires that the U.S. government help enforce other countries' 'cybercrime' laws--even if the act being prosecuted is not illegal in the United States. That means that countries that have laws limiting free speech on the Net could oblige the F.B.I. to uncover the identities of anonymous U.S. critics, or monitor their communications on behalf of foreign governments. American ISPs would be obliged to obey other jurisdictions' requests to log their users' behavior without due process, or compensation.;"
That's it! I've had it with the draconian laws put onto us by the US! I'm moving to Canada! Oh, wait. Shit.
Those who anthropomorphize science and/or nature already believe in an intelligent designer.
I hear Antarctica is remarkably tolerant when it comes to laws of this nature... or... any nature really...