"Internet kill switch" is the extraordinary catch phrase explaining a bill in Congress to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity. Internet kill switch refers to the "Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010" that was launched in the U.S. Senate last summer however got little recognition. The Internet kill switch bill has risen to top of mind once again as Americans get news of the Egyptian government's attempt to thwart a revolution by severing the population from the web. The huge pay day loan that people would take out to stop this from occurring in America could be ridiculous. Resource for this article - The Internet kill switch and why it would never work in the U.S. by MoneyBlogNewz.A web kill switch bill for SenateA White House Office of cyberspace policy and cybersecurity center would be created with the cybersecurity proposal for an Internet kill switch. The Homeland Security Department would be responsible for this. The Safeguarding Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 was launched by Sen. Lieberman, I-Conn., in June. In order to protect the economic infrastructure of the Internet, Lieberman drafted the legislation. The Internet kill switch bill was approved with bipartisan support by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee however fell by the wayside as the 111th Congress came to an end.Take into consideration the First Amendment with the Internet kill switch thoughtThe Republican on the Homeland Security committee, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, brought back the Internet kill switch bill. The bill raised concerns with free speech advocates last summer when it was launched, and those concerns have intensified after Egypt pulled the plug on Internet service providers. A Homeland Security spokesperson said the bill is written to protect critical infrastructure, such as e-commerce and public utilities, from cyber attack. Violation of the First Amendment is forbidden with the bill.The United States unable to do what Egypt can Access to infrastructure can be stopped with an executive order from the president if a threat is perceived with the Internet kill switch bill. This is very controversial though. It isn’t easy to do that within the United States though. In Egypt, the government owns the ISP, Telecom Egypt. If a cyber attack occurs within the United States, the federal government has no control over thousands of ISPs. The government will slowly have a worse and worse time trying to control the Internet within the United States thinking about it is getting more complex. There's a good chance a Web kill switch wouldn’t do the job anyway.Information fromWiredwired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/kill-switch-legislation/PC Magazinepcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2376888,00.aspMSNBCmsnbc.msn.com/id/41320309/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/