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FCC to Develop 'Super V Chip' To Screen All Content

Posted by Zonk on from the any-chance-we-could-stop-thinking-about-the-children-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Senate Commerce Committee has stepped in and approved a legislation asking the Federal Communications Commission to 'oversee the development of a super V-chip that could screen content on everything from cell phones to the Internet.' Since the content viewed by children is no longer restricted to TV or radio Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., the sponsor of the Child Safe Viewing Act, feels that the new law is necessary. 'The bill requires the FCC to review, within one year of enactment, technology that can help parents manage the vast volume of video and other content on television or the Internet. Under the 1996 Telecommunications Act, TV makers are required to embed the V-chip within televisions to allow parents to block content according to a rating system.'"

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  1. But I thought NYC was rent-controlled... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You mean to tell me that socialism really doesn't work? Man, you just blew my mind!

    1. Re:But I thought NYC was rent-controlled... by cbreaker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Dumbass. Rent-control only helps lock in the NEW rent prices. Not everyplace in the city is $300 a month for rent, and if they are, grandma is living there.

      Most of the city is NOT rent controlled.

      Don't you realize that if they completely abolished all rent controls, only millionaires would be able to live in the city?

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  2. Re:Hate to be a jerk but... by lymond01 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Those people cannot afford children."

    For better or for worse, the consideration of having children does not include money. Money just comes: from the government, from the grandparents, from other relatives. You can call it a drain on public resources, but eventually this child pays taxes (hopefully). And adds other things to the world.

  3. Re:Why not... by Fordiman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Three words:
    Noone should live there.

    Seriously. NYC is a pit these days, even Manhattan. Pretty, in spots, but overall it's too crowded, too dirty, and too expensive to actually be a useful habitat.

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