Congress may make ISPs snoop on you

CONGRESS MAY MAKE ISPs SNOOP ON YOU
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh]
House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) is proposing that ISPs be required to record information about Americans' online activities so that police can more easily "conduct criminal investigations." Executives at companies that fail to comply would be fined and imprisoned for up to one year. In addition, Rep Sensenbrenner's legislation -- expected to be announced as early as this week -- also would create a federal felony targeted at bloggers, search engines, e-mail service providers and many other Web sites. It's aimed at any site that might have "reason to believe" it facilitates access to child pornography--through hyperlinks or a discussion forum, for instance.
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