White House Pressuring Registrars To Block Sites

An anonymous reader writes "While the Senate is still debating a bill that would force registrars and ISPs to block access to sites deemed 'infringing,' it appears that the White House's IP Czar is already holding meetings with ISPs, registrars and payment processors to start voluntarily blocking access to sites it doesn't like. Initially, they're focused on online pharmacies, but does anyone think it will only be limited to such sites? ICANN apparently has refused to attend the meetings, pointing out that they're 'inappropriate.' Doesn't it seem wrong for the US government to be pushing private companies to censor the Internet without due process?"

Comments

Re:Translation: Big Pharma is bleeding

[jd]

And this is different from all the other generics out there how?

Damn straight that's wrong

[overshoot]

Doesn't it seem wrong for the US gov't to be pushing private companies to censor the internet without due process?

Yes, it's wrong. Those powers should only be used to kidnap American citizens and ship them off to be tortured and killed in secret.

Besides, why not just have Cyber Command hack their domain registration accounts? Much simpler.

Re:No, not worse than the old boss

[Concerned Onlooker]

"Undoing the damage he did to civil liberties and the environment alone will take years."

Especially at the rate Obama is going.

Re:No, not worse than the old boss

[Anonymous Coward]

I wrote in a vote for Matthew Davis.

Re:Change we can believe in

[butalearner]

The fact that they called themselves socialist doesn't mean they were, they were fascists

Riiight, and next you're going to tell me that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...oh those clever bastards!

Re:No, not worse than the old boss

[ArsonSmith]

No! no! we need a really big government to protect those civil liberties for us from being infringed upon by big govern.....ohh now I get it.