KAM_Indianapolis
New member
Here is an update on the issue: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32196,00.html
The Federal Election Commission staggered into the nebulous world of Internet politics for the first time on Thursday, and cluelessly stumbled out.
The six-member FEC's most significant act during a daylong discussion in Washington: to ask for the public's opinion on what rules and regulations ought to govern political campaigns on the Web.
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A Campaign for Privacy
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The issues are complex because political campaigns are becoming more Web-dependent. Yet the stringent regulations that apply to traditional media campaigns are essentially obsolete in new media.
"We have to gear some regulations and rules of the road to an entity that was not even thought of when the FEC was devised," said FEC spokesman Ron Harris. "As with any new frontier, it's going to be difficult."
And so the commission responded to concerns from two campaign Web sites, one from Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush, and the other from a nonpartisan political information organization.
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Nothing much new, except that they are actively looking into the issue.
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Peace through superior firepower...
Keith
If the 2nd is antiquated, what will happen to the rest.
"the right to keep and bear arms."
The Federal Election Commission staggered into the nebulous world of Internet politics for the first time on Thursday, and cluelessly stumbled out.
The six-member FEC's most significant act during a daylong discussion in Washington: to ask for the public's opinion on what rules and regulations ought to govern political campaigns on the Web.
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A Campaign for Privacy
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The issues are complex because political campaigns are becoming more Web-dependent. Yet the stringent regulations that apply to traditional media campaigns are essentially obsolete in new media.
"We have to gear some regulations and rules of the road to an entity that was not even thought of when the FEC was devised," said FEC spokesman Ron Harris. "As with any new frontier, it's going to be difficult."
And so the commission responded to concerns from two campaign Web sites, one from Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush, and the other from a nonpartisan political information organization.
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Nothing much new, except that they are actively looking into the issue.
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Peace through superior firepower...
Keith
If the 2nd is antiquated, what will happen to the rest.
"the right to keep and bear arms."