U.S. House Considering Censoring Internet
July 1, 2009 by Timothy Michael
Filed under Police State, US News
‘Cleansing’ the Internet by Criminalizing Hurt Feelings
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO “STICKS AND STONES can break your bones, but words will never hurt you”?
The Internet has given average Americans unparalleled access to information that the elites historically have kept under wraps by controlling access to it. Now, Congress is trying to rein in that access by making it so that the government can go after someone for hurting another person’s feelings on the World Wide Web.
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) has introduced the Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act (HR 1966) that could make it a felony to use your “blog” or web page on sites like MySpace and Facebook “to cause substantial emotional distress” through “severe, repeated, and hostile” speech. MySpace and Facebook are web sites that allow an individual to post information on the Internet, including photos, video and text, and then share it with anyone around the world.
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