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Something about the combination of sex and computers, however, seems to make otherwise worldly-wise adults a little crazy. How else to explain the uproar surrounding the discovery by a U.S. Senator--Nebraska Democrat James Exon--that pornographic pictures can be downloaded from the Internet and displayed on a home computer? This, as any computer-savvy undergrad can testify, is old news. Yet suddenly the press is on alert, parents and teachers are up in arms, and lawmakers in Washington are rushing to ban the smut from cyberspace with new legislation--sometimes with little regard to either its effectiveness...
...face a unique, disturbing and urgent circumstance, because it is children who are the computer experts in our nation's families," said Republican Senator Dan Coats of Indiana during the debate over the controversial anti-cyberporn bill he co-sponsored with Senator Exon...
...Senate bill includes an amendment that has shaken advocates of free speech in cyberspace to the core: a ban on all sexually-explicit or"indecent" material transmitted over online computer services and the Internet. Theso-called Exon amendment, passed late Wednesdayby an 84-16 vote, would impose fines of up to $100,000 and prison terms of up to two years for knowingly transmitting "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent" pictures or comments overelectronic networks that are accessible to anyone under 18. (Another proposal to send cable operators to jail for carrying explicit material failed at the last minute.) "This...
...Senate has overwhelmingly approved ameasure that would ban the transmission of sexually-explicit or "indecent" material over online computer services and the Internet.The 84-16 vote late Wednesday on the amendment -- part of a sweeping telecommunications reform bill expected to pass today -- backed provisions sponsored by Sen. James Exon (D-Neb.), who peppered a floor speech with references to "disgusting" pictures and material culled from the Internet this week. Exon's amendment, whose victory has sent free-speech advocates into a tailspin, would impose fines of up to $100,000 and prison terms of up to two years forknowingly transmitting...
...DECENCY ACT PASSES, HOW LONG will it be before Senator Exon's gestapo is opening and censoring U.S. mail? It is curious that Exon is so exercised over "indecency" on the Internet when there is very little on the net that can't be found quite easily on the magazine racks and in the bookstores of his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska...