Bill Would Extend Online Obscenity Laws to Blogs, Mailing Lists

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday December 12, 2006 @02:15AM from the we-are-all-net-nannies-now dept.

Erris writes "Senator John McCain has proposed a bill to extend federal obscenity reporting guidelines to all forms of internet communications. Those who fail to report according to guidelines could face fines of up to $300,000 for unreported posts to a blog or mailing list. The EFF was quick to slam the proposal, saying that this was the very definition of 'slippery slope', and citing the idea of 'personal common carrier'." From the article: "These types of individuals or businesses would be required to file reports: any Web site with a message board; any chat room; any social-networking site; any e-mail service; any instant-messaging service; any Internet content hosting service; any domain name registration service; any Internet search service; any electronic communication service; and any image or video-sharing service."

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Re:hahaha by bbagnall · 2006-12-12 04:56 · Score: 0, Flamebait

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