What Will AOL And MSN Tell Uncle Sam?
Steve Schear
schear at attbi.com
Wed Nov 27 19:40:43 PST 2002
Business In The Beltway
What Will AOL And MSN Tell Uncle Sam?
Matthew Swibel, 11.27.02, 9:05 AM ET
WASHINGTON - When he signed the Homeland Security bill on Monday, President
George W. Bush effectively drafted corporate America to serve in the war
against terrorism--with Internet service providers among those on the front
line.
The new law makes it easier for AOL Time Warner, Comcast, Microsoft's MSN
unit, United Online and the rest of the nation's 3,000 Internet service
providers to volunteer subscriber information to government officials
without worrying about customer lawsuits. Under the new law, they can
release the contents of customers' communications to law enforcement
without a court order and without fear of a suit if they have a
"good-faith" belief that an emergency warrants it. Before, they had to have
a "reasonable" belief--a higher legal standard--that release was warranted.
http://www.forbes.com/2002/11/27/cz_ms_1127beltway.html
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny;
when the government fears the people, there is liberty "
--- Thomas Jefferson
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