Totalitarian regime, this sounds similar

[Keyaki]

Well my friend and I found this:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html

Now I dun care what Obama does, but reading this raised my eyebrows, but maybe I read it wrong :/

Off-Topic:

OH Hey! Fabled Hero...I think I gave you another reason to hate Obama XDDDDD

[AuraTwilight]

Did you read anything past the headline, you idiot? It's not literal control of the internet, it's just controlling what big corporations and such can put on the internet to maintain security, **** like keeping off malicious software and cyberschemes and ****, not putting down websites speaking against the government. Do you even know what a Totalitarian regime is? No, of course you wouldn't, because then you'd realize that it's impossible to control information flow to the degree required to maintain one.

[S1lentOp]

This is a bill that is proposed by a Senator, namely John D. Rockefeller, with the support of a few other Senators, Evan Bayh, Bill Nelson, and Olympia J. Snowe. Obama has absolutely nothing to do with it and probably didn't even know it existed until it started getting press. As it is, it appears to only give the President temporary authorities over certain networks during a state of emergency in which the very infrastructure of the country is being threatened.

The bill only seems to allow for a temporary disconnect of these networks, and they are specifically named as being either Federal networks or networks that are critical infrastructure. In other words, things like power plants, water treatment centers, etc. The President is to designate several representatives from these different industries as well as cybersecurity experts to compose an advisory panel that would give recommendations to the President in much the same way his cabinet does. The President and his panel are also responsible for submitting a review of their plans and actions to Congress every year to show what has been done, what is to be done, and what they are doing.

The exact powers given to the President are outline in the bill, and while it's only 51 pages (about half of that has to do with scholarships for cybersecurity researchers and various structural provisions), I doubt you'll read anything but the headline of the article you posted. If you're interested in reading the exact wording of the bill regarding what it is the article is referring to, which is actually only one section of the bill, then here it is:

Note: The numbers on the far left of every line just indicate the number of the line. They aren't important to the actual text unless they're in parenthesis.

1 (2) may declare a cybersecurity emergency and
2 order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic
3 to and from any compromised Federal Government
4 or United States critical infrastructure information
5 system or network;

22 (6) may order the disconnection of any Federal
23 Government or United States critical infrastructure
24 information systems or networks in the interest of
25 national security;

As far as definitions are concerned

4 (2) CYBER.—The term ‘‘cyber’’ means—
5 (A) any process, program, or protocol re-
6 lating to the use of the Internet or an intranet,
7 automatic data processing or transmission, or
8 telecommunication via the Internet or an
9 intranet; and
10 (B) any matter relating to, or involving the
11 use of, computers or computer networks.

and...

12 (3) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND UNITED
13 STATES CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION
14 SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS.—The term ‘‘Federal Gov-
15 ernment and United States critical infrastructure in-
16 formation systems and networks’’ includes—
17 (A) Federal Government information sys-
18 tems and networks; and
19 (B) State, local, and nongovernmental in-
20 formation systems and networks in the United
21 States designated by the President as critical
22 infrastructure information systems and net-
23 works.

So even though Obama literally had no part in the drafting of this bill, nevertheless it is not in any way, shape, or form totalitarian in nature. Not only is the power limited, defined, and temporary, but it's also responsible to the oversight of Congress. That's called checks-and-balances, something totalitarian regimes don't have.

Read the Bill

[Keyaki]

*fixes face after it got stretched back from AT's yelling*

Did you read anything past the headline

I did read past the headline, but I also did say that there was a possibility that I that I probably didn't read correctly, see?

but maybe I read it wrong :/

you idiot

well, I did say once that maybe I am a waste of Oxy, heh..

@ S1lent Op

I get it now, thx for correcting me