McCain Releases Technology Platform

[Matt Collins]

John McCain has finally released a technology platform (http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/cbcd3a48-4b0e-4864-8be1-d04561c132ea.htm). Most of it is the same old stuff; lower corporate taxes, protect children from porn, and avoid Internet regulation unless 'necessary.' Alas, in his view, helping the RIAA's War on Sharing is necessary to stop the 'global epidemic' of piracy, while Net Neutrality is something he 'does not believe in.' Ars Technica has a review of McCain's platform (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080815-mccain-plans-to-crack-down-on-global-epidemic-of-piracy.html)." A brief analysis is also available from Federal Computer Week (http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153532-1.html). In addition to the technology policy, McCain has also released a paper describing his stance on security and privacy (http://www.johnmccain.com/informing/news/PressReleases/975d6a22-2c5f-43b4-a083-1616bc2c4bc3.htm). We've previously contrasted his views with those of Barack Obama (http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/27/1546204&tid=103). Obama's technology policies (http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology/) are also available online.

[Liberty Star]

Good info.
After recent Obama flip flops on privacy issue, there may not be much difference between McCain and Obama on issues were civil liberties and technology interface.

[Kludge]

John McCain has finally released a technology platform (http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/cbcd3a48-4b0e-4864-8be1-d04561c132ea.htm). Most of it is the same old stuff; lower corporate taxes, protect children from porn, and avoid Internet regulation unless 'necessary.' Alas, in his view, helping the RIAA's War on Sharing is necessary to stop the 'global epidemic' of piracy, while Net Neutrality is something he 'does not believe in.' Ars Technica has a review of McCain's platform (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080815-mccain-plans-to-crack-down-on-global-epidemic-of-piracy.html)." A brief analysis is also available from Federal Computer Week (http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153532-1.html). In addition to the technology policy, McCain has also released a paper describing his stance on security and privacy (http://www.johnmccain.com/informing/news/PressReleases/975d6a22-2c5f-43b4-a083-1616bc2c4bc3.htm). We've previously contrasted his views with those of Barack Obama (http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/27/1546204&tid=103). Obama's technology policies (http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology/) are also available online.

*shrug* Sounds good to me, less the inherent authoritarianism in "[protecting] children from porn".