YDDOS* - The internet is a terrorist threat

[janestarz]

Slashdot reports that

U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 28, @10:18AM
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."
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Think this is bad? Follow the link to the actual bill and take the time to read it. As KingSkippus said in the first comment on Slashdot:

Sensationalist FUD (Score:5, Insightful)
by KingSkippus (799657) * on Wednesday November 28, @10:19AM (#21504717)
Holy crap, that title and summary is misleading.

I just read the bill ([link removed] it's not that long), and the Internet is mentioned only once:

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.
That's it, nothing else. The bill's purpose is to establish a committee to study violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism, and to assist federal officials in training and education efforts to prevent such things.

If you disagree with spending tax dollars to do that, then I don't have a problem with that. If the committee comes up with some outlandish plan to regulate the Internet as a result of their research, then I agree we need to get worked up about it. But the bill does not say that the Internet is a "terrorist threat," and it sure as hell does not define the Internet as a "terrorist tool that Congress needs to develop and implement methods to combat."

Still, any bill giving Homeland Security more free reign...wellllll...you make up your mind about whether that is a good thing.

^*) YDDOS is short for Your Daily Dose Of Slashdot, so I can include what the post is about in the future.

Comments

[nathreee.livejournal.com]

Nothing in American policitcs suprises me anymore, not ever since I read this article:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2766040.ece
They really believe bizarre things...

Re: Waaaay OT

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

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Re: Waaaay OT

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

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Re: Waaaay OT

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

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