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Senate Trying To Slip Internet Kill Switch Past Us

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the your-govt-at-work dept.

sanermind writes "Sensing Senators don't have the stomach to try and pass a stand-alone bill in broad daylight that would give the President the power to shut down the Internet in a national emergency, the Senate is considering attaching the Internet Kill Switch bill as a rider to other legislation that would have bi-partisan support."

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  1. Re:Last I checked... by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 0, Redundant

    dns and switches out of their control?

    do you realize that having rooms like room 641a mean that the US gov DOES have a choke-hole on the world wide internet?

    this is not tinfoil, btw.

    the US has the tech know-how to shut down 'the internet' if it wants. its not about *how* they'd do it; that part is already worked out.

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