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Senators OK $1 Billion for Online Child Porn Fight

A bill that could allocate more than $1 billion over the next eight years to combat those who trade in child pornography has been unanimously approved by a Senate panel. "The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to send an amended version of the Combating Child Exploitation Act, chiefly sponsored by Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), to the full slate of politicians for a vote. [...] An amendment adopted Thursday also adds new sections to the original bill that would rewrite existing child pornography laws. One section is designed to make it clear that live Webcam broadcasts of child abuse are illegal, which the bill's authors argue is an "open question." Another change is aimed at closing another perceived loophole, prohibiting digital alteration of an innocent image of a child so that sexually explicit activity is instead depicted."

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  1. But Liberals LOVE Child Porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    particularly the gay ones. ...because that is somehow free speech.

    Sickos.

  2. Re:ridiculous straw man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Similar questions you might ask yourself are "Why are the biggest genocides or mass murders committed by white people?"
    Is that even true? Cambodia, the Congo, Indian partition war, Mao's leap forward are just four that spring to mind.

    Anyway, the real reason is that it requires planning, forethought and organisation.

    Why are most serial killers white?
    It requires a modicum of intelligence to not get caught after the first one.

    Why are the only people to use nuclear weapons on other human beings white
    Because they had the intelligence and organisation to build one?