---
title: "A New Public Square? No Fooling."
description: "The Federal Election Commission opens public comment for sixty days on Monday, April 4 regarding its plan to renovate the online space for national politics. Sound ambitious? It is."
date: "2005-04-01"
authors:
  - name: "Michael Cornfield"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2005/04/01/a-new-public-square-no-fooling/"
---

# A New Public Square? No Fooling.

The Federal Election Commission opens public comment for sixty days on Monday, April 4 regarding its plan to renovate the online space for national politics. Sound ambitious? It is.

[here at [fec.gov](http://www.fec.gov/law/law_rulemakings.shtml#internet05)]

For a more discursive introduction to the concepts and issues involved, check out the panel discussion produced yesterday by the Internet Caucus Advisory Committee. Entitled "McCain-Feingold in Cyberspace: How Much Should Bloggers and the Internet Be Regulated?" the event may be heard and seen through a variety of formats at [www.netcaucus.org](http://www.netcaucus.org).