U.S. Senate Ratifies Cybercrime Treaty 192
espo812 writes "A story from Washingtonpost.com says, 'The Senate has ratified a treaty under which the United States will join more than 40 other countries, mainly from Europe, in fighting crimes committed via the Internet.' Ars Technica says it's the 'World's Worst Internet Law.'" From the Ars story: "According to the EFF, 'The treaty requires that the U.S. government help enforce other countries' 'cybercrime' laws--even if the act being prosecuted is not illegal in the United States. That means that countries that have laws limiting free speech on the Net could oblige the F.B.I. to uncover the identities of anonymous U.S. critics, or monitor their communications on behalf of foreign governments. American ISPs would be obliged to obey other jurisdictions' requests to log their users' behavior without due process, or compensation.;"
I've Had It! (Score:5, Funny)
Antarctica! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Antarctica! (Score:3, Funny)
I can see it now... (Score:2, Funny)
That's what I really think this will lead to.
VOTE the BASTARDS OUT! (Score:3, Funny)
Ok, guys; I got nothin'...looks to me like we're fucked.
Obvious Why They Did It (Score:3, Funny)
Obvious.
Don't know why they didn't think of this before - outside of the known use of the Echelon system by each country that is a part of it to allow other countries to spy on their citizens and share the info. The NSA doesn't spy on us (well, supposedly they didn't USED to!), they just let Britain do it and tell them about it.
They just extended the principle with this treaty.