{"id":544,"date":"2005-06-14T10:49:45","date_gmt":"2005-06-14T14:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=544"},"modified":"2009-04-12T20:31:49","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T00:31:49","slug":"an-end-to-everybodys-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/06\/14\/an-end-to-everybodys-press\/","title":{"rendered":"An End To ‘Everybody’s Press’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

TCS: Tech Central Station – An End To ‘Everybody’s Press’?<\/a><\/p>\n

Some background before you click on the link: The FEC (federal elections committee) is thinking about expanding the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA, a.k.a McCain-Feingold) to regulate political speech even more – and this has got some people really scared. The reason they are scared is because many bloggers would fall under the proposed legislation – basically, it would suddenly make it a lot harder to talk about or engage in politics on the Internet. <\/p>\n

To quote FEC Commissioner Brad Smith:<\/p>\n

[…] one of the problems I think with campaign finance law and regulation is that it adds complexity and makes it more difficult for citizens to participate in politics — it puts legal hurdles in their way.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hopefully this will all turn out for the best, but you never know – governments love to regulate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The FEC (federal elections committee) is thinking about expanding the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA, a.k.a McCain-Feingold) to regulate political speech even more – and this has got some people really scared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-8M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":794,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/08\/14\/dont-be-scared\/","url_meta":{"origin":544,"position":0},"title":"Don’t Be Scared","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 14, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Taking something seriously, and panicking over it are two different things.\"","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":716,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/04\/03\/movie-plot-threats\/","url_meta":{"origin":544,"position":1},"title":"Movie-Plot Threats","author":"Keith Survell","date":"April 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\"They're good for scaring people, but it's just silly to build national security policy around them.\"","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1035,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/01\/29\/security-vs-privacy\/","url_meta":{"origin":544,"position":2},"title":"Security vs. Privacy","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"As usual, Bruce Schneier puts it more eloquently than I can: ...it's precisely why, when people in their business are in charge of government, it becomes a police state. 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