The Swedish newspaper Metro reports today that the US government is trying to pass a bill that gives them the right to shut down all private networks in a time of crisis.

This means of course they may use this a a means of protection in the age of cyberterrorism but they may also curtail the free word by shutting down these network they effectively makes it impossible for independent people to write blogs, and communicate with people around the globe.

The senator Jay Rockefeller have now turned over a modified version of the law to the US senate. If the law is passed the US President will be given the right to shut down all private networks in the event of a ”cybercrisis”.

Such a law is definitely worrying.