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April 02, 2005
San Fransisico Vs. Free Speech
San Fransisco may start charging bloggers fees and force them to register with the city if they write about political candidates. San Fransisco really does not get the concept of free speech.
Just when you thought the Federal Election Commission had it out for the blogosphere, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors took it up a notch and announced yesterday that it will soon vote on a city ordinance that would require local bloggers to register with the city Ethics Commission and report all blog-related costs that exceed $1,000 in the aggregate.Blogs that mention candidates for local office that receive more than 500 hits will be forced to pay a registration fee and will be subject to website traffic audits, according to Chad Jacobs, a San Francisco City Attorney.
Found via stones cry out.
Update 4/4/05: Bill Quick talked with some city officials in San Fransisco about this.
Posted by Pete at April 2, 2005 05:55 PM
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The SAEN's editor, Bob Rivard, is no fan of free speech either if it is pro-life speech:
It's a shame that the leadership of the University of Texas at San Antonio wasn't able to mount a serious legal challenge to last week's bizarre and offensive anti-abortion exhibit staged in the heart of the main campus near Sombrilla Plaza.
You can see more commentary on this here.
Posted by: Commando at April 4, 2005 02:57 PM