McCain's anti-"porn" bill targets all online forums, including DU ... and you

http://news.com.com/SenatorIllegalimagesmustbereported/2100-1028_3-6142332.html?tag=nefd.lede

Millions of commercial Web sites and personal blogs would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000, if a new proposal in the U.S. Senate came into law.

... McCain's proposal, called the "Stop the Online Exploitation of Our Children Act" (click for PDF), requires that reports be submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which in turn will forward them to the relevant police agency. (The organization received $32.6 million in tax dollars in 2005, according to its financial disclosure documents.)

... Internet service providers already must follow those reporting requirements. But McCain's proposal is liable to be controversial because it levies the same regulatory scheme--and even stiffer penalties--on even individual bloggers who offer discussion areas on their Web sites.

... According to the proposed legislation, these types of individuals or businesses would be required to file reports: any Web site with a message board; any chat room; any social-networking site; any e-mail service; any instant-messaging service; any Internet content hosting service; any domain name registration service; any Internet search service; any electronic communication service; and any image or video-sharing service.

... "This constitutionally dubious proposal is being made apparently mostly based on fear or political considerations rather than on the facts," said EFF's Bankston. Studies by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children show the online sexual solicitation of minors has dropped in the past five years, despite the growth of social-networking services, he said.

Put that up your ass and smoke it Mr. McCain.

...I wish more Democrats would positively come out strongly for network independence...

Oh yeah, they only care about that when it comes to the economic interests of Corporate America.

Oh no, they're coming for "our children!" Sounds like you know quite a bit about exploitation, Mr. McCain...

Yo John as long as there are "conservative" perverts in the world there will be exploitation of children regardless of whether one has a computer or not. But this little ploy will play with the sexually regressed whom you are courting. On the other hand, take away their access to kiddie porn and your "conservative" base might turn against you john. Might want to rethink.

So if someone posted an illegal image here, every one of members here would have to report it or be subject to fines?

That's millions of people reporting the same thing.

Wait--never mind, but... let me take care of my kid's safety; I can't trust you buttholes in Dc to do it.

Not.