Senate scraps plan demanding Internet companies report terrorist activity
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/senate-scraps-plan-demanding-internet-companies-report-terrorist-activity/
A secretly approved Senate plan requiring e-mail
providers, social media sites, and other Internet companies to
report online terrorist activity has been scrapped. Sen. Ron
Wyden (D-Ore.) had invoked a procedural hold on the Intelligence
Authorization Act until the removal of the provision requiring
companies like Twitter and Facebook to report suspicious online
activities. The language was secretly and unanimously adopted by
the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 24, and now it has
been removed, Wyden said. "Going after terrorist recruitment
and activity online is a serious mission that demands a serious
response from our law enforcement and intelligence agencies,"
Wyden said. "Social media companies aren't qualified to judge
which posts amount to 'terrorist activity,' and they shouldn't
be forced against their will to create a Facebook Bureau of
Investigations to police their users' speech."
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