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Issa Proposes Bill To Keep Congress From Passing Laws About The Internet, Reddit Unsure If Trap

Nov 28, 2012 10:52

Congressman proposes 2-year ban on bills about Internet

In an unusual step, a U.S. congressman is proposing a two-year ban on all new federal legislation regulating the Internet.Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican from California who has been an advocate for Internet freedoms, has posted online a draft of his legislation, the Internet American ( Read more... )

congress, oh shit the internet is here, censorship, internet/net neutrality/piracy

Comments 17

aviv_b November 29 2012, 03:45:16 UTC

I'm not crazy about a long term ban, but on the other hand, I despair at educating people who don't know how old the earth is, think global warming is a farce, believe that rape sperm is different than love sperm, or that a woman will never die from complications during a pregnancy, that Obama is a secret Mooslim and that the US was founded as a Christian nation.

Its going to take a long time for that much stupid to die out.

ebay313 November 29 2012, 06:45:00 UTC

I'm not sure that is really a good idea. As much as SOPA and PIPA are terrible, and so many, many people including legislators are ignorant about how the internet works, I think there are a lot of things that do need more legislation on with the internet and a lot ways laws are not keeping up with technology. I would hate to see this enacted, and then because of that not have laws that could do things like PROTECT people's privacy on the internet (like passing laws against employers requiring facebook passwords and the like), or which fail to protect people because the law doesn't understand the internet (cyberbullying and similar issues).

mingemonster November 29 2012, 07:55:14 UTC

Ehhhhh.... Technology changes so fast, making it impossible to change laws to reflect that sounds terribly stupid

omimouse November 29 2012, 08:40:02 UTC

I'm beginning to think that lowering the damn age requirement for the House/Senate/Presidency would be a really good fucking idea.

quixotic_coffee November 29 2012, 13:16:46 UTC

"I have a problem with legislation that preemptively ties your hands for years at a time. You can't know what the internet or society will look like in six months, let alone two years, and making it harder to respond to emerging threats or opportunities is an abdication of your responsibilities as a member of Congress," wrote one Reddit user. "This just seems to me to be more cheap political theater, along the lines of Grover Norquist's 'We will never ever ever raise taxes for any reason' pledge ( ... )