New Bill Gives Obama ‘Kill Switch’ To Shut Down The Internet
Government would have “absolute power” to seize control of the world wide web under Lieberman legislation
在利伯曼法例下政府會擁有“絕對權力”，去奪取萬維網控制
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.
聯邦政府將會擁有“絕對權力”去關閉互聯網，在一條新的美國參議院法案的條款下，正由喬利伯曼推動，立法將遞予奧巴馬總統一比喻性的“殺掣”，去佔領萬維網的控制以回應一國土安全的指令。
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.
利伯曼多年來一直在推動政府的互聯網監管，在網絡安全的幌子下。但這條新法案更進一步，把緊急權力移交給聯邦調查局，它可能被用來壓制言論自由在國家緊急情況的藉口下。
“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.
“立法表示美國政府選擇的公司例如寬帶服務提供商，搜索引擎或軟件公司，"必將立即遵守任何緊急措施或行動"由國土安全部制定的。任何不遵守的人會被罰款， ZDNet的Declan McCullagh報導。
The 197-page bill (PDF) is entitled Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, or PCNAA.
197頁的法案（PDF格式）有權網絡空間保護作為一項國家資產法，或PCNAA。
Technology lobbying group TechAmerica warned that the legislation created “the potential for absolute power,” while the Center for Democracy and Technology worried that the bill’s emergency powers “include authority to shut down or limit internet traffic on private systems.” 科技遊說組織 TechAmerica警告，立法創造“絕對的權力的潛質”，而民主和技術中心擔心，法案的緊急權力“包括權威去關閉或限制在私人系統的網絡流量。”
The bill has the vehement support of Senator Jay Rockefeller, who last year asked during a congressional hearing, “Would it had been better if we’d have never invented the Internet?” while fearmongering about cyber-terrorists preparing attacks.
The largest Internet-based corporations are seemingly happy with the bill, primarily because it contains language that will give them immunity from civil lawsuits and also reimburse them for any costs incurred if the Internet is shut down for a period of time.
“If there’s an “incident related to a cyber vulnerability” after the President has declared an emergency and the affected company has followed federal standards, plaintiffs’ lawyers cannot collect damages for economic harm. And if the harm is caused by an emergency order from the Feds, not only does the possibility of damages virtually disappear, but the US Treasury will even pick up the private company’s tab,” writes McCullagh.
Tom Gann, McAfee’s vice president for government relations, described the bill as a “very important piece of legislation”.
As we have repeatedly warned for years, the federal government is desperate to seize control of the Internet because the establishment is petrified at the fact that alternative and independent media outlets are now eclipsing corporate media outlets in terms of audience share, trust, and influence.
We witnessed another example of this on Monday when establishment Congressman Bob Etheridge was publicly shamed after he was shown on video assaulting two college students who asked him a question. Two kids with a flip cam and a You Tube account could very well have changed the course of a state election, another startling reminder of the power of the Internet and independent media, and why the establishment is desperate to take that power away.
The government has been searching for any avenue possible through which to regulate free speech on the Internet and strangle alternative media outlets, with the FTC recently proposing a “Drudge Tax” that would force independent media organizations to pay fees that would be used to fund mainstream newspapers.
Similar legislation aimed at imposing Chinese-style censorship of the Internet and giving the state the power to shut down networks has already been passed globally, including in the UK, New Zealand and Australia.
We have extensively covered efforts to scrap the internet as we know it and move toward a greatly restricted “internet 2″ system. Handing government the power to control the Internet would only be the first step towards this system, whereby individual ID’s and government permission would be required simply to operate a website.
The Lieberman bill needs to be met with fierce opposition at every level and from across the political spectrum. Regulation of the Internet would not only represent a massive assault on free speech, it would also create new roadblocks for e-commerce and as a consequence further devastate the economy
http://www.prisonplanet.com/new-bill-gives-obama-kill-switch-to-shut-down-the-internet.html
美國擬推出防黑客新法 奧巴馬有權關閉因特網
2010年06月21日09:25
來源：中國新聞網
美國一項新法案將賦予總統奧巴馬權力，於“國家緊急事態”下關閉因特網。據香港《文匯報》報道，法案一旦通過，奧巴馬將有權命令Google和雅虎等受歡迎網絡搜尋器暫時關閉，其他美國網絡服務和寬頻供應商也須遵從，違例將面臨巨額罰款。
法案由前總統參選人、參議院國土安全委員會主席利伯曼提出，但遭到美國最大科技游說組織TechAmerica批評，指法案讓白宮“擁有潛在絕對權力”和“濫用權力”。
然而，國家情報總監布萊爾年初曾指出，美國正受“惡意網絡攻擊嚴重威脅”，政府部門網絡過去3年的受襲次數上升400%。
根據法案，任何被國土安全部列為“依賴”因特網、電話系統或是任何美國“信息基建”的公司，都將受國安部內新設的國家網絡保安及通訊中心指揮。
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