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Federal Anti-Obscenity Program Comes Up Limp

kotj.mf writes "The New York Times reports that the Federally funded anti-Web pornography campaign run by Morality in Media, a conservative religious group, has yet to result a single prosecution for obscenity, despite having generated more than 67,000 citizen complaints. The group, better known for its campaign to have Cosmopolitan removed from supermarket checkout stands, is pushing the Justice Department to more aggressively pursue cases against what it sees as 'a prime threat to society, the growth on the Internet of sexual material involving consenting adults.'"

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  1. Federal Anti-Obscenity Program ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great idea, it is about time they did something about those religions spreading filth.

    oh.. wait.

  2. Re:Federally Funded?? by Dolphinzilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just can't believe that there is a good paying job out surfing porn sites - and to think I have been doing it for free for years

  3. USA & Australia by Frankie70 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Long back, people from England emigrated to Australia &
    the USA. All the convicts were sent to Australia. All the
    religious kooks were sent to the USA.

    Most Australians are thankful for this luck of fate.