Emergency Internet Control Bill Gets a Rewrite

According to this, the Skynet bill is getting a rewrite so it doesn’t sound so scary. Oops, did I say Skynet? I meant the "Emergency Internet Control Bill."

Sen. Jay Rockefeller alarmed technology and telecommunications firms last year when he announced a plan for the president to seize "emergency" control of the Internet. Now the West Virginia Democrat is trying again with a new version that aides hope will be seen as less extreme.

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