Rep Barton’s plan to stop ISIS: Censor the Internet

Rep Joe Barton (R-TX) wants the federal government to shut down the Internet — or at least, the parts of it that are being used by the Islamic State.

"They are really trying to use the Internet and all the social media to intimidate and beat us psychologically," he said during a House committee hearing. "Isn't there something we can do to shut those Internet sites down?" Rep Barton conceded that censoring the Web sites might be difficult — "I know they pop up like weeds" — but plowed ahead with his proposal, suggesting that the Federal Communications Commission attempt to shut down the sites. "They're using the Internet in an extremely offensive and inappropriate way against us," he continued.