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U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-is-my-chilli dept.

GayBliss writes "The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 1955) last month, by a vote of 404 to 6, that says the Internet is a terrorist tool and that Congress needs to develop and implement methods to combat it."

4 of 457 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sensationalist FUD by ByOhTek · · Score: 0, Redundant

    tube surfing tanks? Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!

    In Soviet Russia, Internet invades tanks.

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    Self proclaimed typo king, and inventor of the bear destroying coffee table (patent not pending).
  2. Re:Sensationalist FUD by SnoopJeDi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now on to the Beowulf cluster version of this joke.


    If you had a Beowulf cluster of kamikaze-servers, you'd have processed this joke yesterday.
  3. IS SENSATIONALISM KILLING YOU RIGHT NOW!?!? by thegnu · · Score: 0, Redundant

    news at 11.

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    Please stop stalking me, bro.
  4. Re:Sensationalist FUD by GayBliss · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Read the 2 findings before the one you quoted:

    `(1) The development and implementation of methods and processes that can be utilized to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence in the United States is critical to combating domestic terrorism.

    `(2) The promotion of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence exists in the United States and poses a threat to homeland security.

    `(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.

    Don't you think that perhaps they might be wanting to put controls on the Internet, or are you that blind that you cannot see it in plain text? Why else was it mentioned?