The Online Coalition needs your help! There is currently a bill in Congress that would severly damper blogging activities (especially political ones). Here is what the Coalition has to say about bill HR 4194:• It offers no guidance as to the treatment of group political activity, potentially treating all group websites that discuss federal candidates as political committees
• It would stifle technological innovation. H.R. 4914 specifically mentions “blogging”, but ignores such as already-widely used technologies like podcasting, wikis and peer-to-peer networks, let alone the technologies of tomorrow.
• Its alleged protection to incorporated bloggers offers no real protection. In comments filed before the FEC, supporters of H.R. 4194 have stated explicitly that those websites which endorse, expressly advocate, and urge readers to donate funds to the election of preferred candidates do not qualify for protection under the law. This would force bloggers that speak forcefully about politics to seek legal counsel – a complete disaster.
Here is more.
filed under: technology, politics
No comments:
Post a Comment