San Francisco May Regulate Blogging | Personal Democracy Forum
April 3rd, 2005 | by xxdesmus |San Francisco May Regulate Blogging | Personal Democracy Forum
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.
Oh hell no. If this manages to pass I will make it a point to specifically mention all the candidates on my blog just as a “F*** You!” to them…how ridiculous is this? 