Congress May Require ISPs To Block Certain Fraud Sites

FutureDomain writes "A bill which just passed the House Financial Services Committee would require Internet Service Providers to block access to sites hosting financial scams that pose as members of the government-backed Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). The bill, called the Investor Protection Act and sponsored by Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), is broad enough to block not only websites, but email and any other 'electronic material.' 'Internet providers are also worried that Kanjorski's requirement — and the accompanying civil penalties and injunctions — would apply even if the blocking is not technically feasible.'"

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Re:One thing to say

[commodore64_love]

As I just posted elsewhere:

Open your eyes. This is not liberalism; it's a throwback to conservative government circa 1700. The leaders are rebuilding a Middle Age-style oligarchy where they run your life as if you were a serf.