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  • Egypt's Web blockade raises concerns about 'kill switch' for Internet

    01/31/2011 10:08:09 AM PST · by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! · 14 replies
    thehill.com ^ | 01/31/11 12:09 PM ET | Gautham Nagesh
    The news of Egypt's crackdown on Web access is raising new concerns over a comprehensive cybersecurity bill that critics claim gives the president a "kill switch" for the Internet. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) recently indicated they plan to re-introduce their bipartisan legislation, which passed the Senate Homeland Security Committee last year only to get mired in a standoff with Senate Commerce Committee members over which panel should have oversight of civilian cybersecurity. Civil rights advocates such as the ACLU also raised concerns about the bill, which they claim gives the president the ability to shut down...