Egypt events affect US resolution to grant Internet ‘kill switch’ to President

Due to the events in Egypt the projected bill to allow the US President powers to shut down the Internet will unlikely have chances for adoption. The supporters and advocates of the bill wanted to protect US interests from cyber attacks while opponents claimed it would hurt free speech principles.

As is known during Egyptian protests the country president shut down the Internet so as to prevent organization efforts of anti-government protesters. Now the Internet is connected again.

Senators who support the US bill on “kill switch”, namely Connecticut's Joseph Lieberman, Maine's Susan Collins, and Delaware's Tom Carper-aren't too happy with the Egypt comparisons.

"We would never sign on to legislation that authorized the President, or anyone else, to shut down the Internet," they said in a joint statement. "Emergency or no, the exercise of such broad authority would be an affront to our Constitution."