IP: Internet porn restriction moving ahead in Congress

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

From: "(--Todd Lappin-->)" <telstar () wired com>


Internet porn restriction moving ahead in Congress


    WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - Legislation to restrict pornography on
the Internet, backed by conservative lawmakers but opposed by civil
libertarians, is picking up momentum, Congressional staff members said on
Thursday.
   Last month, the Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill authored by
Dan Coats, Republican of Indiana, that would require commercial Internet
sites containing material deemed harmful to minors to prohibit access by
children.
   Within a few weeks, a companion bill will be introduced in the U.S.
House of Representatives by Republicans Mike Oxley of Ohio and Jim
Greenwood of Pennsylvania, an Oxley staffer said.
   "Senator Coats has done a good job of building momentum," the staffer
said.


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