Obama Kill Switch Internet shut off in Egypt

We've asked the question before–and it's worth asking again. If there were mass protests in the United States, could the government press a "kill switch" and shut off the Internet similar to what Mubarak ordered in Egypt? Such a bill exists, and it's back on the table despite Obama's protests about the Internet shut off in Egypt. S.3480, or "Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010" is back. Sponsored by Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and co-sponsored by Sen Thomas Carper. [DE], and Senator Susan M Collins [ME], there are fears that because Egypt is getting away with shutting down the Internet across the country during the nationalistic protests, that the government of the United States could do the same thing. According to dProgram.net, the people of Egypt are protesting "an economic fallout that has led to crippling tax hikes, wage reductions and spiraling food prices, a similar situation to what is unfolding in America, making reference to how Illinois state authorities recently agreed to hike taxes by a whopping 66 percent." If you’ve been following the news coming out of Egypt the past few days, you know that Internet access in the protest-filled nation has been severely limited. As of today, according to Computerworld, “Egypt is now off the grid.” They write, “Four days after the Egyptian government ordered Internet service providers to disconnect from the Internet, the country’s last working Internet company has abruptly vanished from cyberspace.”