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Congress OKs Internet Porn Restrictions
April 10, 2003
Congress passed legislation today that would give jail time to online pornographers who deliberately mask their sites behind innocuous domain names.
The House and Senate overwhelmingly approved the Child Abduction Prevention Act, which strengthens penalties for pedophiles, provides funding for a national child-abduction alert system and bolsters prohibitions against child pornography. The proposal is frequently referred to as the "Amber Alert" bill.
"America's children will be safer when this bill becomes law," House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) said today.
The bill also bans the distribution of "virtual" child pornography -- legal pornographic images of adults that have been digitally altered to look like children having sex.
More details at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4830-2003Apr10.html
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