Decius wrote: ] ] Internet Censorship - As part of a major overhaul of the ] ] nation's telecommunications industries, both the House ] ] and Senate approved major new censorship schemes for the ] ] Internet. The Senate adopted its version, the so-called ] ] Communications Decency Act, by a vote of 84 to 16. ] ] Kerry voted for the CDA. Now, Bush would have voted for ] proposals that were much, much worse. But I thought it worth ] underlining again. We're not going to get someone who "gets" ] the internet or who is particularly a friend of civil ] liberties regardless of who we vote for. ] ] Whoever... ] ] `(1) knowingly within the United States or in foreign ] communications with the United States by means of ] telecommunications device makes or makes available any ] indecent communication in any form including any comment, ] request, suggestion, proposal, image, to any person under 18 ] years of age regardless of whether the maker of such ] communication placed the call or initiated the communication; ] or ] ] `(2) knowingly permits any telecommunications facility under ] such person's control to be used for an activity prohibited by ] paragraph (l) with the intent that it be used for such ] activity, ] shall be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned not more ] than two years or both. Good. This may make the computer nerds begin to mind their manners. RE: Senate Vote on amendment 1362 to S. 652 - Internet Censorship (1995) |