Whereas: The Internet is the single greatest catalyst in history for individual liberty and free markets; and

Whereas: Technology revolutionaries succeed because of the decentralized nature of the Internet; and

Whereas: Statists are ramping up efforts for the government to takeover the Internet by destroying privacy rights of individuals with government snooping and efforts to abolish anonymity; and

Whereas: Excessive regulation would have a chilling effect on free speech and severely hamper competition for tech companies in the online marketplace, as any new social network would be required by law to comply with the same costly and burdensome regulations as existing billion dollar corporations;

Whereas: All these initiatives proposed by Senator Mark Warner will lead to the ultimate destruction of the technological revolution while killing a free and fast Internet that respects online privacy along with it;