April 21st, 2009

Senate Proposal Could Put Heavy Restrictions on Internet Freedoms

By James Osborne, Fox News

The days of an open, largely unregulated Internet may soon come to an end...

Others are concerned about the potential erosion of civil liberties. "I'm scared of it," said Lee Tien, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based group.

"It's really broad, and there are plenty of laws right now designed to prevent the government getting access to that kind of data. It's the same stuff we've been fighting on the warrantless wiretapping."

Related Issues: Privacy

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