S2 Should Oppose this Bill - H.R. 1981

[Haakzilla]

...just say NO!

The U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering H.R. 1981, a bill that would order all of our online service providers to keep new logs about our online activities, logs to help the government identify the web sites we visit and the content we post online. This sweeping new "mandatory data retention" proposal treats every Internet user like a potential criminal and represents a clear and present danger to the online free speech and privacy rights of millions of innocent Americans.

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[BLAZER PROPHET]

I think we can safely state it's a bill doomed to failure.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

jihad

 

[Sug]

This already occurs, just ask anyone that works on the maintenance side for an ISP. The law would make it "legal" although it is already being done via the Patriot Act essentially. As it stands now you get flagged whenever you visit certain sites or type in certain words into a search. Once flagged you are on a very long list, the more times you are flagged the shorter the list you get on. Now as for the history of where you have been and what you have done, it is all saved and stored for review if needed. On top of that Facebook is currently working on a project to sell all users personal information to be used by colleges, potential employers, etc. The internet is like a giant information trap, once it is in it can pretty much never be removed. This goes for porn, music, IM's, you name it. Everything is captured, that doesn't mean you will every be tracked down and prosecuted, but it does mean that if you are ever arrested there is a good chance that they are going to look at your online activity. This goes for your phone as well. If you don't already know this, you are pretty ignorant.