Fighting Porn Vs. Ruining Innocent Lives

Posted by kdawson on Monday January 15, 2007 @12:36PM from the overzealous-is-an-understatement dept.

After news of the conviction of a substitute teacher for endangering minors — because porn popups, possibly initiated by adware, had appeared on her computer during class — comes the even sadder story of 16-year-old Matt Bandy. His family's life was turned upside-down when he was charged in Arizona with possession of child pornography, even though the family computer was riddled with spyware and Trojans. After the intervention of ABC's 20/20, Matt finally was allowed to plead to a lesser charge (namely, sharing a Playboy magazine with friends) and just barely escaped being labeled a sex offender for the rest of his life.

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Windows Cost Of Ownership by codepunk · 2007-01-15 12:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Now let's figure ruining your life into into that total cost of ownership.

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Sex offender label... by EmbeddedJanitor · 2007-01-15 13:20 · Score: 5, Funny

... priceless

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Re:Save me from my internets by The+PS3+Will+Fail · 2007-01-15 13:35 · Score: 5, Funny

"And as an occasional viewer of adult content(not child porn) how in the world can I tell if the girl I am looking at is 19 (legal) or 17 (illegal)"
Always stick to granny porn; you're flying safe there.