Idiot judge begins to eliminate political speech from the internet....

[ChairOne]

"In just a few months, he warns, bloggers and news organizations could risk the wrath of the federal government if they improperly link to a campaign's Web site. Even forwarding a political candidate's press release to a mailing list, depending on the details, could be punished by fines.

Smith should know. He's one of the six commissioners at the Federal Election Commission, which is beginning the perilous process of extending a controversial 2002 campaign finance law to the Internet."

http://news.com.com/The+coming+crackdown+on+blogging/2008-1028_3-5597079.html?tag=st.num

Basically, it's looking like anyone who's not an "acknowledged news source" can get in big trouble for linking to a bunch of stuff. Gah.

EDIT: Typo.

[Ironpost]

1. This my friends, is why we must never give up the good fight.

This is our latest frontier and we have the repukes worried. We mustn't give up.

[merh]

2. Interesting article - talk about a pandora's box - do you think

freepers and repuke campaigners will want the internet restricted? Hell no!

Wondering what they will do with this.

[ck4829]

3. When does Fox News get punished?

[Redneck Socialist]

4. McCain Feingold rears its ugly head once again

It was a bad piece of legislation as it was conceived and it is a worse law as it is being implemented. Its unintended consequences are coming back to bite us on the ass. :mad:

[starwolf]

5. This will not hold up in the real world

This is right up there with the French court trying to ban Google from selling things against French law. Technological realities will trump this idiot judge, as it should.

[DistressedAmerican]

6. Yet Another Small Sign Of The Growing Police State