Previous Politech messages: http://www.politechbot.com/2005/03/23/fec-releases-internet/ http://www.politechbot.com/2005/03/11/four-critiques-of/ http://www.politechbot.com/2005/03/09/feingold-defend-campaign/ http://www.politechbot.com/2005/03/03/fec-commissioner-warns/ --- http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5635724.html Bloggers narrowly dodge federal crackdown Published: March 24, 2005, 8:50 PM PST Political bloggers and other online commentators narrowly avoided being slammed with a sweeping set of Internet regulations this week. When the Federal Election Commission kicked off the process of extending campaign finance rules to the Internet on Thursday, the public document was substantially altered from one prepared just two weeks earlier and reviewed by CNET News.com. The 44-page document, prepared by the FEC general counsel's office and dated March 10, took a radically different approach and would have imposed decades-old rules designed for federal campaigns on many political Web sites and bloggers. [...remainder snipped...] _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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