Clampdown on Internet Subversives
- President says “we must stop this evil spread of ideas”
Washington 6/1/03
In a far reaching announcement today, President Bush announced that an imminent clampdown into the dissemination of subversive and dangerous ideas via the Internet.
Announcing this new initiative alongside director Tom Ridge, the president said: “We must stop this evil spread of ideas. Far too many people are being exposed to thoughts and concepts that challenge those things this administration stands for. The Internet is clearly an example of outmoded liberal ideas gone badly out of control.”
Director Ridge added: “It is unfair for the federal government to pass the burden of this onto tax-payers and citizens. Instead, we are proposing that the cost be shared between web site publishers and those minority of the population who visit such things. Screening this information is expensive and those costs must be passed on.”
The proposed charges will be in the region of $100 per web page to be analysed for content and 10 cents per page viewed by visitors, this charge will go towards an upgrade to the Carnivore systems already in place. Sites belonging to government agencies are exempt, as are sites belong to Fortune 500 companies - Director Ridge said “We can trust major corporations to always act in the interests of the United States, so we do not propose to screen their content. However, in the current climate of terrorist threats we must consider everyone else to be a potential subversive”.
If this is true, can anyone confirm, because this I find highly disturbing…
