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FC: Ed Markey wants ratings; FinCEN on e-surveillance; Epstein
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 21:04:14 -0400
[One assumes that Markey's universal ratings system would not apply to newspapers or books. Maybe. --Declan]
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38913,00.html House Dem Into Ratings Regs by Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com) 3:00 a.m. Sep. 22, 2000 PDT WASHINGTON -- Rep. Ed Markey doesn't just hope the Democrats will seize control of the U.S. House of Representatives. He's certain of it. "I'm only six weeks away from being chairman again," grins Markey, the ranking Democrat on the House telecommunications subcommittee. The panel oversees Internet and consumer privacy issues. If the Republicans lose their House majority, the partisan shift toward the left is likely to mean more regulation of technology and corporations. And Markey, a 24-year veteran legislator from Massachusetts, already knows just what he wants to do. [...] http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38955,00.html Feds: Digital Cash Can Thwart Us by Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com) 3:00 a.m. Sep. 22, 2000 PDT WASHINGTON -- A Treasury Department report warns that technologies such as the Internet and electronic cash could thwart the federal government's efforts to conduct surveillance of bank and credit card transactions. The internal strategic plan predicts that technology may help law enforcement by allowing agents to assemble ever-growing databases of Americans' financial activities, but it can also provide more anonymity than ever before. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) prepared the 36-page document, which was obtained by Wired News. It says: "The development of new technologies -- such as electronic cash, electronic purses, Internet or smartcard based electronic payment systems, and Internet banking -- is increasing the ability of individuals to rapidly transfer large sums of money, and could pose a challenge for FinCEN and other law enforcement agencies combating money laundering." [...] http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38893,00.html Expert: Go Easy on Privacy Regs by Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com) 9:00 a.m. Sep. 19, 2000 PDT WASHINGTON - Say what you will about Richard Epstein, but don't call him a privacy zealot. The erudite University of Chicago law professor said Tuesday that instead of staking out extreme positions on both sides of the topic, advocates instead should consider the likely outcome of government regulations. "Privacy is not an area in which you should want to make highly dogmatic claims of rights on either side," Epstein said at a Capitol Hill event organized by George Mason University's Mercatus Center. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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