New Bill Gives Obama ‘Kill Switch’ To Shut Down The Internet

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Government would have “absolute power” to seize control of the world wide web under Lieberman legislation…

(SAY NO!  IT’S WRONG AND AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES)

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

The federal government would have “absolute power” to shut down the Internet under the terms of a new US Senate bill being pushed by Joe Lieberman, legislation which would hand President Obama a figurative “kill switch” to seize control of the world wide web in response to a Homeland Security directive.

Lieberman has been pushing for government regulation of the Internet for years under the guise of cybersecurity, but this new bill goes even further in handing emergency powers over to the feds which could be used to silence free speech under the pretext of a national emergency.

“The legislation says that companies such as broadband providers, search engines or software firms that the US Government selects “shall immediately comply with any emergency measure or action developed” by the Department of Homeland Security. Anyone failing to comply would be fined,” reports ZDNet’s Declan McCullagh.

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June 18, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Constitution, Elections Politics, Government, Most Americans Reject Socialism, New Media News | Tags: Alinsky, anti-American president, censorship, FCC, First Amendment, freedom of speech, FTC, Joe Lieberman bill, KILL SWITCH for the INTERNET, radicals in government, silence the opposition | 2 Comments »