Posted by gromit on February 7, 2006, at 14:42:44
In reply to Re: Google, Yahoo etc., posted by alexandra_k on January 27, 2006, at 17:42:30
> It is kiddie porn.
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> Anyone involved... Should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law IMO.I beg to differ, this is not about kiddie porn, this is about COPA http://www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/copa.html again.
From http://news.com.com/Supreme+Court+keeps+Net+porn+law+on+ice/2100-1028_3-5251475.html?tag=nl
COPA makes it a crime to publish "any communication for commercial purposes that includes sexual material that is harmful to minors, without restricting access to such material by minors."
Material that is "harmful to minors" is defined as lacking "scientific, literary, artistic or political value" and that is offensive to local "community standards." The maximum penalty is a $50,000 fine, six months in prison and additional civil fees.
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Depending on where you live Pat Robertson broadcasts could fit this description. Or maybe Planned Parenthood type websites or whatever.
If they had just written a bill to protect kids from porn instead of trying BS tactics like this there would be no problem. Now they demand a weeks worth of searches, everything, not just porn-related. Hope you didn't google for al-Qaeda and book a flight online that week, you might be on the list.
It's a huge fishing expedition, invasion of privacy and completely un-American. Hooray for Google and shame on the others for caving.
My opinion anyway,
Rick
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