Lawmaker Invites Internet Users to Craft Privacy Legislation

Launches project on Reddit

Congress got the message. Don't mess with new Internet laws without involving the Internet community unless you want a repeat of the great Internet blackout in January over SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act.

Keeping that lesson in mind, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), a member of the Judiciary Committee that eventually killed SOPA, launched Wednesday a Web-based project to enlist Internet users in crafting legislation to protect consumer privacy on mobile devices. Equally telling, he launched AppRights.us

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