Pennsylvania Law Requires ISPs to Block Child Porn

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 19, 2002 @08:40AM from the here's-your-whitelist-for-the-day dept.

feed_me_cereal writes: "Salon has an article describing a new law in Pennsylvania which requires ISPs to prevent access to child pornography on the internet. Under this law, the government can give ISPs a list of websites to block. Failure to do so can result in fines from $5,000 to $30,000 + jailtime. While stopping child pornography sounds noble, it seems that these powers will do little to meet this goal and much to allow the government to decide what websites are suitable for public viewing." Reader lightspawn provided this link to the law itself as well as another story at freedomforum.org.

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Has always been thus by MBslug · 2002-03-19 09:05 · Score: 0, Redundant

They that can give up essential iberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

- Ben Franklin, "Historical Review Of Pennsylvania"

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