[Ernie the Attorney] QUOTE
Political candidates, your websites may soon be regulated - It's being considered, according to this article. UNQUOTE [Ernie the Attorney]
Reading the Washington Post article, that Ernie has shared with us, indicates to me that some day Bloggers will need a reminder calendar. The general election is now X days away so STOP writing about the politicians until after the election. Posting political commentary may become illegal on the eve of elections, whether it is by people inside or outside of politics.
Who will be accountable when this law is violated? There might be a discussion forum with many people talking about many topics, including people in other countries who are ignorant about our election laws. An innocent comment about some stupid thing seen in the news media, by an e-friend from another nation, could mean a published post that is for or against a particular candidate, ending up on a web site within the X days window when that is banned.
They debated, but backed away from, the notion of regulating hyper links to sites that give out information about political candidates. They may return to this topic again, since deep linking is a hot topic with lots of law suits that will change the fabric of our e-society rules.
5:26:13 PM 
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