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to: Adam Flinton
from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2005-05-31 15:28:34
subject: Re: FEC - Truth in blogging law?

From: "Rich Gauszka" 

The offshore servers will increase greatly once the FEC and other agencies
go the control route

I expect the 'terrorists use the internet" scare to escalate greatly
to justify even more control


"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
news:429cb8f9{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> Offshore blogging?
>
> Adam
>
> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> The start of regulating the internet?
>> "The fundamental presumption has changed from the Internet being
>> unregulatable to now it will be regulated," said FEC
Commissioner Bradley
>> Smith.
>>
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/chitribts/20050531/ts_chicagotrib/fectreadsintostick
ywebofpoliticalblogs;_ylt=AlCXY8LGKSgCVud80NDdY2Xpbr8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHN
lYwMlJVRPUCUl
>>
>> Web loggers, who pride themselves on freewheeling political activism,
>> might face new federal rules on candidate endorsements, online
>> fundraising and political ads, though bloggers who don't take money from
>> political groups would not be affected.
>>
>> Draft rules from the  Federal Election Commission, which enforces
>> campaign finance laws, would require that paid political advertisements
>> on the Internet declare who funded the ad, as television spots do.

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