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Pennsylvania Refuses to Disclose Banned Website List
koehn writes "In an interesting turn of events, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania has ordered all PA ISPs to block sites that have child porn. If that's not bad enough, they won't tell you which sites those are because - so the excuse goes - that could be construed as 'disseminating pornography.' So much for public review, huh?" See the previous story.
the Attorney General of Pennsylvania has ordered all PA ISPs to block sites that have child porn. If that's not bad enough...
Waa... Hunh... I had to read this a few times to realize it's not supposed be a joke.
Bad enough for who?
You'd think they could just publish the list on the net, so every s. kiddie could try to take it down with their mad skills...
/. - I bet the sites would never be back up.
Alternately, just publish the list on
-Maher-
You lived in the "capitol"? Funny, I thought they'd only have office space in that building...
Wanna make a /. convoy, eh?
Understanding is a three-edged sword. -- Kosh Naranek
It's going to be interesting when they try to prosecute somebody.
Prosecutor: This guy looked at child porn.
Defendant: It isn't child porn!
Judge: OK, let's show the jury this alleged porn.
Prosecutor: No, we can't do that! It's illegal for the jurors to look at child porn!
Judge: Well, then let me look at it.
Prosecutor: But, Your Honor, it's illegal for you to look at child porn, too!
Judge: Well, dammit, what if it's not porn?
Prosecutor: Well, then you could look at it. But you realize that if you deem it porn, we can charge you with having viewed it.
Judge: Well, then, I don't want to risk it. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you're just going to have to take his word for it.
[Jury deliberates.]
Jury: Not guilty due to lack of evidence.
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