FREE SPEECH ON INTERNET VERSUS FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

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Here is an excerpt from Declan McCullagh's article, The coming crackdown on blogging.

Bradley Smith says that the freewheeling days of political blogging and online punditry are over.

In just a few months, he warns, bloggers and news organizations could risk the wrath of the federal government if they improperly link to a campaign's Web site. Even forwarding a political candidate's press release to a mailing list, depending on the details, could be punished by fines.

Smith should know. He's one of the six commissioners at the Federal Election Commission, which is beginning the perilous process of extending a controversial 2002 campaign finance law to the Internet. (CNET News.com, 03/03/05.)

Read the following posts:

• FEC May Regulate Blogging by Michael Bassik (Personal Democracy Forum). [Via Henry Copeland.]

• McCain-Feingold May Shut Down CQ by Ed Morrissey (Captains Quarters). [Via InstaPundit.]

• Campaign Finance Reform Comes to Blogging by Dale Franks (The QandO Blog).

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