(WASHINGTON FREE BEACON) Republicans on the Federal Election Commission are vowing to fight regulations on online political advocacy that they say would chill free speech and potentially lead to politicized targeting of Internet writers and video-makers.
The commission’s chairman is warning that such regulations would allow the federal government to impose onerous new regulations on websites such as the Drudge Report or the Washington Free Beacon.
“I vow to fight any additional regulation on online political speech,” FEC chairman Lee Goodman said in an interview.
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