Difrawi champions Internet Reform act

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Congressional candidate Difrawi supports Internet reform act

Congressional candidate Dr. Alec Difrawi backs the passing of a law that would require every internet website to have verifiable Congressional contact information. In addition any posting would require verifiable information.

For more information visit www.difrawiforcongress.com or www.difrawiinternetreform.com

Congressional candidate Alec Difrawi supports the Internet Reform Act I for one simple reason: It makes sense. The internet is a place where anyone is free to state anything about anybody else at anytime. It does not matter whether the statements, accusations, declarations or decrees – no matter how inflammatory – are factual or not. Truth does not enter the equation.

Think someone doesn’t like you and wants to exact revenge? They can post all manner of misinformation and slander about you, your family and your background – without fear of repercussion or accountability. Additionally, the perpetrators of this cut-and-run mentality do not have to identify themselves. So you’re not only getting clobbered over the head, you have no idea who the assailant is. It happens more often than you might think. And there is virtually nothing you can do about it.

The World Wide Web has become the Wild, Wild West. Feuds aren’t settled with bullets and lynchings, but with slurs and allegations.

This bill isn’t designed to take on the media; they have always been held accountable for blatant misinformation. Remember Jayson Blair? The New York Times reporter admitted to plagiarism and falsehoods in his articles. The resulting fiasco not only ended with his firing, but also led to the resignation of editor Howell Raines and managing editor Gerald Boyd.

The internet as it stands has no such built-in fail-safes. It’s anything goes, and it will lose its value as a haven of free speech unless responsibility is added. This bill will protect consumers and businesses from smear campaigns and half truths

How does the bill work? Anyone creating a site or posting on a message board must provide a valid and verifiable name, address and phone number. That’s all there is to it. Simple, yet effective. Cyberbullies will think twice about spewing possible slander if they know their words can be traced.

Mr. Difrawi’s sponsorship of a bill to require accountability makes perfect sense. Free speech only works if speakers are responsible for what they say. And it is the responsibility of every American to exercise and protect free speech. This bill goes a long way toward preventing the internet from turning into the OK Corral, where a misinterpreted deed or discourse could result in character assassination.

We live in the United States and the First Amendment protects free speech. Free speech, however, should not be wielded haphazardly. Words can harm. And it is the malicious misuse of free speech on the internet that makes it the final frontier to conquer and defend, so every American is protected.

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Alec Difrawi donates $5 Million

Congressional candidate Alec Difrawi who is credited for establishing the online modeling industry as founder of emodel.com recently made a $5,000,000 donation to help hurricane relief.

For more about Alec Difrawi visit www.difrawiforcongress.com

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Congressional candidate Difrawi supports email reform act

Congressional candidate Dr. Alec Difrawi supports the passing of a law that would charge for every email sent. Difrawi maintains such a law is the only way to stop spam.

For more information visit www.difrawiforcongress.com or www.difrawiemailreform.com


Recently, “Dateline NBC” aired an episode where they set up a hidden camera investigation to capture child sex predators. In the report, 19 men were caught going to a suburban home where they thought they'd be meeting with sexually available teens. One man entered through the garage completely naked and sat down in the kitchen, where the reporter handed him a towel to cover up. Another turned out to be a rabbi.

All of the alleged predators had one other thing in common besides getting caught in a sting: they all met their “underage” victims online. Adults posing as children entered chat rooms and waited to be contacted by men looking for sex. It didn’t take long. Of course, the perpetrators used screen names, not their real names.

What can be done about such lurking dangers? Alec Difrawi believes a viable first step is the Internet Reform Act II. This bill would charge (under a penny) for every e-mail sent. By charging, payment can be tracked thus eliminating the anonymous e-mails child molesters use so often to hunt their prey.

That wouldn’t be the only benefit of this forward-thinking bill. Fraud and spam would be eliminated because e-mails could be tracked. Like internet child predators, Spam survives in the shadows. By paying for each e-mail sent, companies will stop outgoing unsolicited mail and strive to send only to interested recipients. Why? Because it will cost them cash, while saving consumers and affected companies money. Time, energy and dollars used to try and catch spammers could then be freed up to pursue more noble, and profitable, pursuits.

But won’t the cost to the consumer be prohibitively expensive? Not at all. Most Americans use e-mail constantly and find ii indispensable. Say the average person sends 10 e-mails a day. If they are charged .5 cents per message sent, that adds up to only $1.50 per month. It would be difficult to find anyone who considers that a burden.

Alec Difrawi has faith in the American people. He has faith that the American people will invest a few dollars to battle big problems. Costing just pennies a day, the Internet Reform Act II will shrink the amount of spam and number of viruses our computers receive. More importantly, Alec Difrawi has faith that the American people will do the right thing to help protect our vulnerable children.