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Rhode Island Bill Would Impose Fee For Accessing Online Porn (providencejournal.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the nickel-and-dime dept.

If a recently introduced bill passes the General Assembly this session, Rhode Island residents will have to pay a $20 fee to access sexually explicit content online. The bill, introduced by Sen. Frank Ciccone (D-Providence) and Sen. Hanna Gallo (D-Cranston), would require internet providers to digitally block "sexual content and patently offensive material." Consumers could then deactivate that block for a fee of $20. The Providence Journal reports: Each quarter the internet providers would give the money made from the deactivation fees to the state's general treasurer, who would forward the money to the attorney general to fund the operations of the Council on Human Trafficking, according to the bill's language. If online distributors of sexual content do not comply with the filter, the attorney general or a consumer could file a civil suit of up to $500 for each piece of content reported, but not blocked, according to the bill.

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  1. ludicrously and patently unconstitutional by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ludicrously and patently unconstitutional

    1. Re: ludicrously and patently unconstitutional by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Children can't consent to being in pornography. So no.

    2. Re:ludicrously and patently unconstitutional by jwhyche · · Score: 5, Funny

      This will go over like a turd in the punchbowl. An if you live in Rhode Island it will only cost you $20 to see that.

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      I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.
    3. Re:ludicrously and patently unconstitutional by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 5, Informative

      Other countries like Venezuela, and Australia removed guns from the plebes... and mysteriously the mass shootings stopped. Gee whiz.

      Strange, it looks like the number of homicides rose steadily after the gun ban in Venezuela.

      Oh look, Maduro is giving guns to his supporters

      Here's an example of responsible government gun usage

      And another

      It's a good thing that they have a ban in Venezuela, it keeps candidates in elections from getting shot

      The Gun ban is working so well with petty crime too.

    4. Re:ludicrously and patently unconstitutional by No+Longer+an+AC · · Score: 5, Informative

      Even if the 2nd were interpreted to only apply to well regulated militias that would not mean nobody else would be allowed to own a gun.

      The Bill of Rights isn't a short list of what we are allowed to do. They are specific limitations on what the government cannot do.

      That's why there are phrases like "shall make no law", "shall not be infringed", "shall not be violated" sprinkled throughout.

  2. Re:Question! by rogoshen1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And if you point out how absurd their idea is; you're against 'doing something', and supporting human trafficking + child porn.

    It really is a genius rhetorical device that works surprisingly well.

  3. What if the porngirl is 16 but it's before curfew? by argStyopa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Pretty sure Rhode Island still has that law that it's ok for a stripper to be as young as 16...as long as she's home before curfew.

    Yep, there it is : http://abcnews.go.com/Business...

    Ah, America.

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