NATION/WORLD
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
East Oregonian
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Wyden objects to anti-terrorism rules for online sites
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon
Democrat and skeptic of
broad government surveil-
lance, objected Tuesday to a
bill that would have required
social media and online sites
like Google, Yahoo, Twitter
and Facebook to alert federal
authorities of any terrorist
activity.
The proposal, by Sen.
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,
had been tucked into a
broader bill authorizing intel-
ligence programs throughout
the 2016 budget year and
became the subject of several
private meetings on Capitol
Hill between congressional
staff and industry of¿cials.
In a statement submitted
into the Congressional
Record, Wyden said the
Senate had been asked on
Tuesday to approve the
intelligence
authorization
bill by unanimous consent.
Doing so would bypass
any debate. A spokesman
for Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,
con¿rmed that leadership
had hoped to pass the bill
before the August recess, but
that not all senators were on
board.
Wyden said he would
insist on a debate because of
“very valid concerns” made
by the technology industry.
“Internet
companies
should not be subject to
broad requirements to police
the speech of their users,”
Wyden said in the statement.
Feinstein argued that
the requirement was nearly
identical to one related to
child pornography. But tech
companies said the bill was
so vague it would be almost
impossible to determine
whether they were meeting
their legal obligation, or if
they were on the hook if
they miss a tweet, video or
blog that hints of an attack.
They said the result would
probably be a deluge of tips
to law enforcement, making
it tougher for the government
to ¿nd more valuable infor-
mation.
“The FBI and the intel-
ligence community have
made it abundantly clear
that the terrorist threat is
severe and increasing, and
that those directing, inspiring
and carrying out attacks
make heavy use of social
media sites,” Feinstein told
The Associated Press in an
emailed statement provided
last week. “This provision
will help get potentially
actionable information to
the agencies responsible for
preventing attacks, without
requiring companies to take
any steps to monitor their
sites they aren’t already
taking.”
Wyden said the FBI
director told Congress that
technology companies are
cooperative and helpful about
alerting law enforcement to
serious incidents.
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