Posted on 02/14/2005 9:43:03 AM PST by unixfox
FEC May Tighten Restrictions On Internet Political Activity Mon Feb 14 2005 10:38:41 ET
The Federal Election Commission next month will begin looking at tightening restrictions on political activities on the Internet, ROLL CALL reports Monday.
The FEC is planning to examine the question of how Internet activities, when coordinated with candidates' campaigns, fit into the definition of 'public communications.
Specifically, the FEC is planning to examine the question of how Internet activities, when coordinated with candidates' campaigns, fit into the definition of "public communications." While coordinated communications are considered campaign contributions and therefore subject to strict contribution limits, current FEC regulations adopted in 2002 carve out an exemption for coordinated political communications that are transmitted over the Internet.
Developing...
They better be careful how they crack down, if they only go after conservatives there is going to be some Big trouble. NPR should be the first ones on the attack list because they are so blatant about their support for the RAT party.
Great thing about the Net. The servers that host the free speech can be located far beyond the jurisdiction of the US Government.
HMMMM Funny how this happened as soon as Dean became head of the DNC. He was the one who made the most money out of internet donations in his campaign.
Check this out.
Keep your silly laws away from our internet (or we'll tell algore)
So far, ignorance has been bliss, but I'm not sure it can stay that way. Let's all keep an eye on this because it could become critical to FreeRepublic's effectiveness, which arises from the fact that it is still, in main, a voluntary forum for grassroots activism.
Not going to happen, Laz.
FR isn't connected with a particular candidate. We post newspaper articles and comment on them. Nothing they can do to stop that.
The point being of course that WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO.
Bears watching.
Ha.
And they were never going to be able to institute CFR, either.
That won't stop them from trying. They (our so called government) is already trying to stifle offshore activites such as online gambling.
In their minds they have no boundaries.
They are afraid of us. That's why so many beaurocrats favor stuff like this and gun grabbing.
Your take?
Ugh, fk them. Will our government stop trampling over our rights?
Not until we stand up and force them back into the box that we created for them.
By force of arms if necessary.
This refers to political campaigns. FR does not coordinate its activities with political campaigns.
The day that they manage to infringe that far on our rights will be the day they succeed in their own complete demise.
I thought it was only on days that had a "d" in them.
The sheeple are STILL asleep and my guess is that will continue.
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They had better start waking up and soon. Anything that represents POWER within the people will be (and is) a target. If you want a model of the potential future IN THIS COUNTRY just look at communist China. All forms of communication are suppressed, filtered, restricted, etc. -- simply to stop communication against the OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT.
Oooooh, the bogerbears are coming out. Run for your life. But not outside because the Sky Is Falling.
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