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New Internet Regulation Proposed
bumgutts writes "Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has suggested a mandatory website self-rating system. The system, very similar to one suggested under Clinton's administration, would require by law all commercial websites to place 'marks and notices' on each page containing 'sexually explicit' content, with penalty up to 5 years imprisonment." From the article: "A second new crime would threaten with imprisonment Web site operators who mislead visitors about sex with deceptive 'words or digital images' in their source code--for instance, a site that might pop up in searches for Barbie dolls or Teletubbies but actually features sexually explicit photographs. A third new crime appears to require that commercial Web sites not post sexually explicit material on their home page if it can be seen 'absent any further actions by the viewer.'"
No its not just you. That does indeed seem like reasonable legislation. Porn on the net has gotten way out of control.
this is bad because it would make goatseing someone a prosecutable crime with serious consequences, for example if this were so i would of been prosecuted when i set my schools homepage as www.sch.on.nimp.org (dont click if your useing IE it'll fuck you up, heck fuck you, click it if you use IE, you deserve it, fuckers.)
The Fark 'boobies' tag finally gets the nationwide recognition it deserves...
This guy's the limit!
the sites that still want to expose erotical/sexual content, would just move 1 inch outside the US
Hi, you must be new to American diplomacy.
One of my sites features prominent images of "Tinky Winky getting it on with the Noo-Noo", "Tubby Custard Full Facials", "Over the Hills and Far Away, Hot Barely Legal Teletubbies Come to Play - With Each Other and Also With a Mysterious Large Cylindrical Object" etc. etc.
I hope that will not lead to legal misunderstandings which would put me in line for a stint of federally sponsored rectal enlargement.
So I guess the Victoria's Secret site is going to be illegal,too?
You call this a sig?
Why is it that every time we hear about some bored schmuck wanting to regulate the internet, it's always an American ?
Because we were colonized by the Pilgrims, a bunch of people so uptight even the British kicked them out.
I'm looking at some porn right now, I just tilt my head down and there it is, my pants cover my genitals, therefore they are fully clothed genital regions. I'm so dirty.
Can I bum a sig?
Incidentally, what lasting harm did seeing this porno site do to you, that its owners should risk five years in prison?
No, but they both suffer from clinical depression now that they know how boring their sex life is and how small his penis is.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
I wonder if I'll be able to view my family's web site after I put on a rating for the genealogy information. It shows in there that people are making babies all over the country.