http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5618332.html Senator suggests targeting Net 'indecency' Published: March 15, 2005, 11:51 AM PST By Declan McCullagh Congress may be preparing for another round in the Internet "decency" wars. Sen. Ted Stevens, the influential chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, has indicated that Internet decency regulations could be inserted into legislation that was originally intended to boost fines for off-color radio and TV broadcasts. "We ought to find some way to say, here is a block of channels, whether it's delivered by broadband, by VoIP, by whatever it is, to a home, that is clear of the stuff you don't want your children to see," the Alaska Republican told reporters Friday, according to an audio recording. [...remainder snipped...] --- Transcript and audio recording: http://commerce.senate.gov/newsroom/printable.cfm?id=233399 _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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