"Now comes a more insidious form of thought control a la 1984, courtesy of long-time friend and probable new regulatory czar Cass Sunstein (who recently married another long-time confidant of Barack Obama's, foreign policy guru Samantha Power)....
"Sunstein's book is a blueprint for online censorship as he wants to hold blogs and web hosting services accountable for the remarks of commenters on websites while altering libel laws to make it easier to sue for spreading "rumors."
Smith notes that bloggers and others would be forced to remove such criticism unless they could be "proven". The litigation expense would be daunting; the time necessary to defend a posting (or an article) would work to the benefit of the public figure being criticized since the delay would probably allow the figure to win an election before the truth "won out". The mere
threat of retaliatory actions would be enough to dissuade many commentators from daring to issue a word of criticism or skepticism."
Blog: Cass Sunstein's despicable ideas on regulating the internet
Glantz and ANTZ would love such a policy.... as indicated by the one publisher who will not run any anti comments. And it is Sunstein's ideas from which this type of censorship comes.