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Backer of ISP snooping slams industry
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 06:14:23 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org> Date: May 3, 2006 7:57:47 PM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Backer of ISP snooping slams industry ...while a noble goal that I support -- protecting children and jailingthose who prey on them in any environment -- does anyone else think "online predators" and "child pornography" is becoming the justification rationale
for lawmakers to do whatever they want on the Internet? IIRC in recent months, the MPAA/RIAA was saying P2P was responsible for kiddie porn in their latest attempt to control the net, too. Calling Mrs. Lovejoy.... -rf Backer of ISP snooping slams industry By Declan McCullaghhttp://news.com.com/Backer+of+ISP+snooping+slams+industry/ 2100-1028_3-606833
9.html Story last modified Wed May 03 16:27:38 PDT 2006 WASHINGTON--Congress' leading proponent of forcing Internet serviceproviders to retain records about their users' activities lashed out at the
industry on Wednesday, saying such a federal law will be a "very minor burden" to bear.Rep. Diana DeGette, a Colorado Democrat, said at a House of Representatives hearing that new laws were necessary to thwart child pornographers and other Internet predators. Investigations into illicit behavior have been hampered
because data may be routinely deleted in the normal course of business, DeGette and other data retention proponents claim."This created havoc among the Internet service provider community," DeGette said, referring to her proposed legislation announced last week (click for PDF). "I am horrified that the provider community is not working with us on this because it seems to me to be a very simple piece of legislation and I'm
going to continue to fight for it." < ... > ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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