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Idiocy Alert: U.S. Senators Call for Universal Internet Content Filter ing
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:10:27 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Once again, members of the U.S. Congress either (a) display their complete ignorance of the Internet mechanics (not necessarily a stretch of the imagination, considering Ted Stevens is involved), or (b) proffer this idiocy as a guise for being misguided by the entertainment industry in their quest to lock down & hold for ransom all media content. Caveat: I'm also looking for a collaboration on this story, given that I am unaware of the source being reputable. It's quite possible that it is as reliable as, say, The Onion. :-) Although, it is a statement unto itself that I have to caveat this in this fashion. :-) Via Press Esc. [snip] US senators today made a bipartisan call for the universal implementation of filtering and monitoring technologies on the Internet in order to protect children at the end of a Senate hearing for which civil liberties groups were not invited. Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) both argued that Internet was a dangerous place where parents alone will not be able to protect their children. While filtering and monitoring technologies help parents to screen out offensive content and to monitor their childs online activities, the use of these technologies is far from universal and may not be fool-proof in keeping kids away from adult material," Sen. Inouye said. In that context, we must evaluate our current efforts to combat child pornography and consider what further measures may be needed to stop the spread of such illegal material over high-speed broadband connections." [snip] More: http://pressesc.com/news/78225072007/us-senators-call-universal-internet-fi ltering - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.2 (Build 2014) wj8DBQFGqB6vq1pz9mNUZTMRArnZAJ0WRprUD0jv+s/U0DvZLCgCsdLwWgCg3J9/ Vi/Dqv+Sh+vjP6002QW/61o= =3K05 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Idiocy Alert: U.S. Senators Call for Universal Internet Content Filter ing Paul Ferguson (Jul 25)
- Re: Idiocy Alert: U.S. Senators Call for Universal Internet Content Filter ing Jordan Wiens (Jul 26)
- Re: Idiocy Alert: U.S. Senators Call for Universal Internet Content Filter ing Jordan Wiens (Jul 26)