Monday, June 1, 2009

Obama pledges to protect civil liberties of Net users

May 30, 2009

President Obama once again affirmed his unyielding commitment to an open Internet. He called out his support of Net Neutrality during an announcement on Friday of plans to beef up defenses against cyber-attacks.

The Web-savvy commander-in-chief said he planned to select a new "cyber-czar" to guard the nation against new forms of digital terrorism, but he also pledged not to trample the civil liberties of Net users in the process...