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House OKs Wiretapping and New .kids.us domain

Posted by timothy on from the dropping-the-velvet-glove dept.

proj_2501 writes: "Yahoo! has a story about how the US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved two new bills: one for the creation of a federally overseen TLD called .kids.us (participation is voluntary), and the other for more ease of wiretapping to supposedly prevent dangerous meetings between kids and 'child predators'." Remember, an equivalent bill has not yet been introduced in the Senate.

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  1. Strange TLD name... by HiQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    So when I register sites like:
    government.kids.us or
    bush.kids.us
    I'm actually saying that the government and Bush are fooling us?

  2. www.goatsex.kids.us by shippo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Adds an whole new meaning to underage pr0n!

  3. Re:Nah. www.herekiddykiddy.kids.us by Chundra · · Score: 3, Funny


    Nahhhh. thegovernment.kids.us

  4. Re:Ummm by Observer · · Score: 3, Funny
    WTF does the government have to do with creating domain names???
    Back in the 19th century, Michael Faraday was asked by a member of the audience at one of his popular Royal Society lectures on the new science of electricity, of what possible practical use this new thing could be.

    The questioner was Gladstone, later to be Prime Minister, at the time the finance minister.

    Faraday's caustic answer: "One day, Sir, you shall tax it."