Arizona Passes Sweeping Internet Censorship Bill

[Dera]

Arizona Passes Sweeping Internet Censorship Bill



Legislation to make it illegal to use “offensive” language online

Steve Watson
Infowars.com
April 2, 2012





The state legislature of Arizona has passed a bill that vastly broadens telephone harassment laws and applies them to the Internet and other means of electronic communication.


The law, which is being pushed under the guise of an anti-bullying campaign, would mean that anything communicated or published online that was deemed to be “offensive” by the state, including editorials, illustrations, and even satire could be criminally punished.


The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund breaks down Arizona House Bill 2549:


“The bill is sweepingly broad, and would make it a crime to communicate via electronic means speech that is intended to ‘annoy,’ ‘offend,’ ‘harass’ or ‘terrify,’ as well as certain sexual speech. Because the bill is not limited to one-to-one communications, H.B. 2549 would apply to the Internet as a whole, thus criminalizing all manner of writing, cartoons, and other protected material the state finds offensive or annoying.”


First Amendment activist group Media Coalition has written to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, urging her not to sign the legislation into law.


The letter notes that the terms used in the bill are not defined in the statute or by reference, and thereby the law could be broadly applied to almost any statement.


Continued: http://www.infowars.com/arizona-pass...nsorship-bill/

[Judee]

Well there's a gigantic can of ugly worms if I've ever seen one!! Sure this isn't a joke Dera? Pathetically it sounds like one!! If it isn't a joke, who the *%$# are the jokers who supposedly represent the people? Did Arizona get them out of a Cracker Jack box?

[Dera]

Well there's a gigantic can of ugly worms if I've ever seen one!! Sure this isn't a joke Dera? Pathetically it sounds like one!! If it isn't a joke, who the *%$# are the jokers who supposedly represent the people? Did Arizona get them out of a Cracker Jack box?

Yup, I couldn't believe it either. At least it says Gov. Jan Brewer hasn't signed it (yet!). I've always felt she was on the side of the "good guys". Obama sued AZ for wanting ID on possible illegals. He should be going for this one big time--sounds like it would just tickle his fancy.

Well, time will tell. I'll be sure to watch it! I can't imagine that this would go through. It sounds like some Chinese plot or bad dream. Once again, our Constitutional rights are in jeopardy--so what else is new in this socialist regime?

http://www.sfexaminer.com/politics/w...rant-crackdown

[Alpha]

It's a very slippery slope. We either stand and support "Free Speech" or we don't. The PC'ers have already eroded much of this and now it seems they are trying to take it many steps further

We many not like what people say, think or believe, however if we truly believe in "free speech" then there should be no restrictions on it.

Oh and what AJ had to say about this:

First Amendment Attacked in Arizona



Starts at 2:30 mark.