Rep Darrell Issa (R-CA) has pretty good credentials as a friend of the Internet, being one of the early Congresscritters to stand up to SOPA and PIPA (though there’s the little matter of sponsoring a corporatist bill to limit open access for state-funded research). He’s introduced a bill called the “The Internet American Moratorium Act (IAMA)” which proposes a two-year moratorium on Internet-related legislation. Presumably, this would give Internet freedom activists a couple years to prepare an offense game, rather than having to always be reacting to pro-surveillance and pro-censorship proposals from Hollywood and the DHS.
Issa’s appearing in a Reddit AMA today at 1030h Eastern to discuss the bill.
The Internet American Moratorium Act (IAMA)