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Presidential Internet Kill Switch May Still Be Alive

Unprecedented authority to shut down the Internet

         

Bentler

5:18 pm on Sep 21, 2009 (gmt 0)

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The new language dropped all references to the president's ability to shut down the Internet. Instead, Rockefeller and Snowe granted the president the authority to declare a cyber-security emergency and to direct the "national response to the cyber-threat."

Bentler

6:30 pm on Sep 21, 2009 (gmt 0)

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Sorry I left off the URL - it's at Presidential Internet Kill Switch May Still Be Alive [eweek.com]