] 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.

Senate Vote on amendment 1362 to S. 652 - Internet Censorship (1995)