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Members of Congress at Last Allowed to Post on YouTube

by Tim Stevens on October 10, 2008 at 11:32 AM



We've seen twittering and vlogging from from Capitol Hill, and all sorts of other uses (and exploits) of technology for political use, misuse, and... intimidation? So far, however, official support for the use of the Internet outside of the .gov domain by members of Congress has been off-limits. That changed yesterday with a new rule change that opens up the wilds of the 'Net for Congressional gain.

The new rule enables members of Congress to post official content anywhere on the Internet -- so, for example, they can now post videos and advertisements on YouTube. Members can also now link to non-government sites (what a concept!) and even embed content, like those videos, into their official .gov sites.

Frankly, we're shocked this was all officially off-limits before, as these are features and services we've all come to depend on. With these new rights, we're expecting an explosion of blogging and vlogging congressmen and women in the very near future, which, presumably, will allow us to communicate better with our politicans. [From: Washington Post, via digitalmediawire]

Tags: congress, internet, politics, web, youtube

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