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The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 Passes Senate Panel

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-won't-end-well dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 passed a Senate panel, giving the president unprecedented power to issue a nation-wide blackout or restriction on websites without congressional approval. The bill, written by Sen. Jay Rockefeller [D-WV] and revised by Sen. Olympia Snow [R-ME], was drafted in an attempt to thwart internet-based terrorist threats, and gives the president this 'kill switch' without oversight or explanation. The bill is up for Senate vote."

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  1. Re:Oh yeah? by sopssa · · Score: 1, Troll

    And just think of what country has whored ICANN (and doesn't want to free it even while EU has asked to do so), most of the tier 1 providers and other Internet infrastructure to itself.

    I don't see those being freed either, it's really convenient and a good diplomatic weapon for US to have a kill switch over the Internet if EU, China or Russia start to dominate too much.