Senate Panel OKs Funds for Child-Porn Fight
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A bill that would give the state more money for programs to prevent and prosecute child pornography made it out of the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee on Monday.  HB107's sponsor, Rep.
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A U.S. law designed to prevent  children from viewing pornography online would undermine the  free speech of millions of adult Internet users, opponents of  the measure said on Monday.
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A White House-backed bill that would   enable a secret court to review President George W. Bush's   warrantless domestic spying program won approval on Wednesday   from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
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By Danielle Sottosanti, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 8--The Oro Valley Town Council unanimously voted last night to filter for pornography all Internet access at the Oro Valley Public Library.
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Brushing aside threats of a presidential veto, a Senate committee on Thursday approved a five-year, $35 billion expansion of a children's health insurance program that would be financed through higher tobacco taxes.
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Making use of the rule that allows party committees to make independent expenditures*, the National Republican Congressional Committee reported several payments over $100,000 on Friday, including a payment of $118,882 for "media placement" in opposition to Brad Ellsworth's campaign in Indiana's 8th District, a payment of $102,996 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Ron Klein in Florida's 22nd District, a payment of $132,136 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Phil Kellam in Virginia's 2nd, a payment of $131,976 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Friends of Baron Hill in Indiana's 9th, and a payment of $111,751 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Leonard L. Boswell in Iowa's 3rd.
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(InfoWorld) - Google has formed a political action committee to exert pressure on the U.S. Congress and promote legislation that benefits the company. The group, called Google NetPAC, saw the light on Thursday, when Google registered it with the U.S. Federal Election Commission, a Google spokesman confirmed via e-mail. "Google NetPAC will support officeholders and candidates who share Google's goal of preserving and promoting the Internet as a free and open platform for information, communication, and innovation," the spokesman wrote. A key legislative and regulatoryÂ concern for Google is net neutrality. Its executives favor a law to force broadband providers like AT&T and Comcast to give all traffic on their networks the same quality of service and speed. In addition to Google, other Internet companies like Yahoo, eBay, and Amazon.com support net neutrality andÂ want Congress to prohibit broadband providersÂ from blocking or degrading Web content and services from potential competitors. Opponents, which include broadband providers and network equipment vendors like Cisco Systems and Qualcomm, say a net neutrality law will let Internet companies like Google continue toÂ ride for "free"Â on broadband networks. Such a law will prevent broadband providers from charging Web companies new fees for higher speeds and a better quality of service, money needed to build faster networks for new bandwidth-intensive services like Internet TV, net neutrality opponents say. If companies like Google don't pay extra, then broadband providers will have to increase fees to consumers, they say. Other regulatory and legislative issues that are likely of concern for Google include Internet privacy, stock-option accounting, law-enforcement access to search engine records and copyright protection. Google also hired former Republican senators Dan Coats and Connie Mack as outside lobbyists, the Google spokesman confirmed. "We've hired outside firms from across the political spectrum that offer effective expertise to communicate our policy messages," he wrote. Other high-tech companies with political action committees include Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon.com, eBay and AOL's parent company Time Warner.
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People who illegally share copyrighted music and movies over the Internet could be jailed for up to five years under a bill approved by a powerful congressional panel today.
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People who illegally share copyrighted music and movies over the Internet could be jailed for up to five years under a bill approved by a powerful congressional panel Wednesday. -washingtonpost.com
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Sign of the times The US Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a man who was sentenced to 200 years in prison for the possession of child pornography. It was one of several recent actions indicating that America's courts are getting tough on kiddie-porn suspects in an age where the trafficking of such images are easier than ever.â¦
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers to block Web sites deemed by the state&#39;s prosecuting attorneys to be child pornography has been overturned by a US federal court, with the judge ruling the law
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government is proposing that DNA samples be collected from people convicted of making child pornography.
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SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that could allow criminal charges to be brought against individuals who participate in file-swapping Web sites or networks.
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The House of Representatives, worried by abuse of Internet-age technology, has moved to crack down on video voyeurism by adopting a bill that makes secret production and distribution of pictures of people caught in their &quot;private moments&quot; punishable by fines and up to a year in jail.
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federal court struck down a Pennsylvania law yesterday, ruling that the state could no longer force Internet service providers to block customers&#39; access to Web sites thought to be distributing child pornography.
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A new political action committee supports candidates who speak for the consumer when it comes to copyright law. The group doesn't have the big bucks of the entertainment companies, but it's just getting started. By Katie Dean.
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A committee overseeing a review of the child protection plan adopted by Roman Catholic bishops has recommended preserving a ban on church work for clerics who molest young people, according to a document the panel has sent to all U.S. bishops.