Scary thought. My question is, how the heck are any of these "blogging" regulations going to be enforced? Who is going to scan the blogosphere on a daily basis trying to determine who is in compliance and who is not? How can they determine how many hits a site gets? And what about non-local bloggers who campaign?
Just when you thought the Federal Election Commission had it out for the blogosphere, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors took it up a notch and announced yesterday that it will soon vote on a city ordinance that would require local bloggers to register with the city Ethics Commission and report all blog-related costs that exceed $1,000 in the aggregate.
Blogs that mention candidates for local office that receive more than 500 hits will be forced to pay a registration fee and will be subject to website traffic audits, according to Chad Jacobs, a San Francisco City Attorney.
