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Saturday, April 02, 2005
 Hands Off the Web, Bloggers and Lawmakers Say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet bloggers should
enjoy traditional press freedoms and not face regulation
as political groups, lawmakers and online journalists said on Friday.

n separate letters, Democratic lawmakers and Internet commentators urged
the Federal Election Commission to make sure that political Web sites that serve
as focal points for political discussion, like Wonkette.com and Freerepublic.com,
don't have to comply with campaign-finance rules.
"Curtailing blogs and other online publications will dampen the impact of new
voices in the political process and will do a disservice to the millions of voters
who rely on the Web for original, insightful political commentary," said the
Online Coalition, a group of bloggers and online activists.

Fourteen members of the U.S. House of Representatives said blogs foster a
welcome diversity of viewpoints.

"This 'democratization' of the media is a welcome development in this era of
media consolidation and a corresponding lack of diversity of views in
traditional media outlets," said the group, which consists of thirteen Democrats
and one Republican.

The FEC ruled in 2002 that Internet activities do not count as "coordinated
political activity" and thus don't have to comply with laws that regulate money
in politics.
But a U.S. judge struck down that ruling as too broad last year, and the FEC is
scheduled to consider it later this month.

If the FEC determines that online "blogs" are in fact political organizations, they
could face fines if they work too closely with political campaigns by, for example,
reprinting their press releases.
FEC spokesman Bob Biersack said the commission would try to craft its new rule
as narrowly as possible.
"The Commission has tried very hard for a long time to be as limited in its
regulation of Internet activity as it possibly could, so there's no reason to
assume that that basic orientation doesn't continue," he said.

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