Action: Congress wants to monitor all Emails, IMs, Etc. | The Agonist
Under the guise of protecting children, the Congress has comeup with Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today’s Youth Act

Under this Bill, if passed, Kiss your Internet privacy good by. Your IM’s will be logged, email read and in general, you won’t even be able to talk to your under 18 nephews, nieces cousins or siblings for fear of saying something the tracking software doesn’t under stand? for example, as an actor, I can no longer use the term “It bombed” in reference to a really bad play.

SEC. 6. RECORD RETENTION REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS.

(a) Regulations- Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Attorney General shall issue regulations governing the retention of records by Internet Service Providers. Such regulations shall, at a minimum, require retention of records, such as the name and address of the subscriber or registered user to whom an Internet Protocol address, user identification or telephone number was assigned, in order to permit compliance with court orders that may require production of such infor

don’t like the idea of warrantless internet surveillence? then write to the media people listed at the end of the article

and, don’t give me that “If you got nothing to hide” bullshit. I have no desire to have my emails read or be falsely accused of something because filtering software can’t parse meaning.