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CIPA Before The Supreme Court
Jim Tyre pointed out the excellent collection of links on censorware.net to coverage of yesterday's oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court about the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), as promised by this story last month. There's also a link to the place where transcripts of the oral arguments will show up about three weeks from now.
was kidnapped by a sexual predator he met over the Internet. The pervert lured him out by talking to him in chat rooms and making promises. Somehow he convinced him not to tell my parents or me anything; he said he was visiting the kid next door. The only reason he got away was that he forgot to bring his teddy bear. He phoned home to ask my father to bring it to a hotel, and that was when we knew something was going on and called the cops. The guy had a record, although he supposedly hadn't used the Internet the time before. My brother is lucky to be alive today.
I have to say that as much as I don't like the limitations on freedom, anything to protect children is a good thing. The people out there are evil and sophisticated and we have to do everything in our power to stop them.