Committee to Protect Bloggers » Blogger Protection Act http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org Free speech for bloggers worldwide Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:44:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en HR 5699 http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2008/04/26/hr-5699/ http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2008/04/26/hr-5699/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:54:43 +0000 Curt http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2008/04/26/hr-5699/ Sponsors have introduced a bill into the United States House of Representatives, called H.R. 5699, the “Blogger Protection Act of 2008.” Its purpose is “(t)o amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to protect uncompensated Internet activity by individuals from treatment as a contribution or expenditure under the Act, and for other purposes.”

According to Maggie Thurber:

The bill was introduced by Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, to protect bloggers from FEC regulations and keep them safe from reporting to the FEC. Since a majority of bloggers are not paid for their netroots activism on behalf of a candidate, this bill will protect bloggers from keeping track of expenditures, equipment and having to report their activity to the FEC, whenever they write about a candidate.

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