‘Kill Switch’ bill alarms privacy experts

Jon Swartz
USA Today
February 16, 2011

A raging debate over new legislation, and its impact on the Internet, has tongues wagging and fingers pointing from Silicon Valley to Washington, D.C.

The ominously nicknamed Kill Switch bill and its impact on the Internet is stirring debate.

Just as the Egyptian government recently forced the Internet to go dark, U.S. officials could flip the switch if the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset legislation becomes law, say its critics.

Proponents of the bill, which is expected to be reintroduced in the current session of Congress, dismiss the detractors as ill-informed — even naive.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 6:08 am

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