March 4, 2005
Here come the Feds!
CNET News.com interviews Bradley Smith, one of the six commissioners of the United States Federal Election Comission. Though there's few specifics, the conversation covers the idea that the FEC might be considering the impact that weblogs have on elections, and may seek to place them under the regulations of the Commission.
There's the usual debates by people for and against the idea, but what's more of a milestone is the fact that Federal regulators are looking at the weblog medium at all. Technology can sometimes take a long time to enter the political realm, and it's remarkable that weblogs have reached such a point so quickly.
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