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June 28, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The president of The United States, Barrack Obama, can actually make use of the so called ‘Internet kill switch’ in times of emergency.

This can be done in accordance with the newly proposed anti –Internet law which will empower the President to prohibit using the Internet, if required. The oft visited websites and search engines like the google and Yahoo can easily be made inaccessible to the citizens of the country.

This particular legislation has been proposed by the US homeland security commission’s chairman, Joe Lieberman. He finds it the only way of protecting the people and to safeguard the various networks and assets of the country.

Almost all the Senators of America fear being attacked through the cyber medium. In this age of technology, almost all the government infrastructure as well as the bigger financial institutions are accessible over the Internet. The industrial secrets of the nation can also be accessed by the cyber criminals which may very well paralyze the entire nation.

The law has been given the formal title of Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act or the PCNAA in short. However, it has come under severe criticism from different quarters. Some people felt that it would provide the White House with a means of abusing power. TechAmerica has termed it as having the potential for absolute power.

Any company which fails to comply with the rules and regulations of the cybersecurity emergency will be subjected to huge monetary fines as well. However, Google refused to comment one way or the other as a spokesperson was heard saying that it has not become a government policy as yet.