Legal Commentary

Obama Eschews Cyber-Hysteria

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

Plenty to digest in Obama’s new cyber-security policy statement, and I plan to do so after grading is finished.

Meanwhile, here’s the very best part, from the President’s remarks:

“Let me also be clear about what we will not do,” the president said during the announcement. “Our pursuit of cyber security will not — I repeat, will not include — monitoring private sector networks or Internet traffic. We will preserve and protect the personal privacy and civil liberties that we cherish as Americans. Indeed, I remain firmly committed to Net Neutrality so we can keep the Internet as it should be — open and free.”

Full post as published by Discourse.net on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).