In a post called "The Conservative Nanny State" Kevin Drum says
From Conor Friedersdorf, writing about a new bill reported out of the House Judiciary Committee today:
Under language approved 19 to 10 by a House committee, the firm that sells you Internet access would be required to track all of your Internet activity and save it for 18 months, along with your name, the address where you live, your bank account numbers, your credit card numbers, and IP addresses you've been assigned.
And why do they want to do that? It's all about the children, of course. Click the link for more.
Source: Mother Jones
Sigh. If they spent more time worrying about actual children at any other point after birth I might be more tolerant. As it is, while I'm sure they love their children (or at least imagine they do) at the policy level they sure treat children mainly as a hammer on other people's privacy and autonomy.




I wouldn't put much on the
Submitted by Tomio Black (not verified) on Thu, 2011-08-04 07:56.I wouldn't put much on the bill's chance of passing. It is still would have to pass the entire House. Then it would have to pass the Senate Committee. Then it would have to pass the Senate. Then it would have to go to reconciliation. Then a re-vote in both houses to approve the new format. Then the President would sign it.
Given the total inability of Congress to do anything, I don't think it will go anywhere.