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Texas Bill to Filter Highway Rest Stop Internet
girlchik writes "HB 3314, up for hearing in the Texas House State Affairs committee on Monday, would require the state to filter wireless internet access at highway rest stops. This bill mandates filtering at any state-provided wireless network on public property.
Since last May, the Texas Department of Transportation has offered wifi access at state rest stops. There is also wifi access at some Texas state parks provided in partnership with Tengo Internet.
This bill protects truckers at highway rest stops and campers in their RVs at campsites from adult content.
Sounds both wasteful and unconstitutional."
Whoes standard do they use. Decency laws are supposed to be set by community standard, but a rest stop isn't a community. Whoes standard will they use. And isn't it the parent's responsibility to make those decisions, not the state? This sounds more like China than the US, wait Texas, nevermind. But it is a free hotspot, but since it is provided by the government this is subject to the laws 1st amendment. The problem with this is that it will never make it to court because it isn't important enough to go to jail for so it won't be struck down in court.
"Those that start by burning books, will end by burning men."
Hell, you got to pass a 'Sec 4 RELIGIOUS TEST' to be a Texan?
Oh well, what the hell...
I am reminded of an article in the San Francisco chronicle some years ago about gays using rest-stops for anonymous sex rendezvous points. Given that, I can definitely see why the Texans would want to filter wireless at these sites...
The reason that it can be true that 1+1 > 2 is that very peculiar nonzero value of the + operator
Is it better than having those truckers that are a little over the edge raping every female they happen upon?
RHCE; are you certified? Karma: ambiguous.
PROBABLY you filthy steaming cunt.
That was classic intercourse!
Oh put a cork in it, redneck.
like the /. alarmists are at it again.
Sounds like it's truely analogous to natl. TV and RADIO airwaves, since they are operated by the govt. and are right to be held by the same standards.
Let em get private access if they want it. The govt. shouldn't be providing porn to TRUCKERS, sooner than later one of em will decide the pictures aren't good enough and will start seeking it out in the flesh - whether the second half of the equation concents or not.
Man, we've got some real dumb fuck moderators out and about today. Oh well, I guess it's easy to agree with predictions of the USA's doom and gloom when it's popular to hate the president. We wouldn't want intelligence to get in the way of those feelings or anything.
"Derp de derp."