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.'"

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Re:The defense moves

[Alex P Keaton in da]

Why remove nude art, when you can dress them!!!
WASHINGTON (AP)
-- No longer will the attorney general be photographed in front of two partially nude statues in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/01/29/sta tues.htm