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Opponents complain that the V chip smacks of censorship. Senator Robert Dole, no friend of lewd popular culture, rails against the chip as bringing us "one step closer to government control of what we see on television." While the Senate bill calls for broadcasters to devise their own rating system, it mandates the government to appoint a commission to do so if TV programmers fail to construct one within a year. Such industry agreement seems unlikely...
...away, it was -- oh no! --British heartthrob Hugh Grant.Police say the demure, 34-year-old actor, best known as the lead in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," invited a "known prostitute" into his car in the wee hours and was later "observed to be engaged in an act of lewd conduct." He's due in a Los Angeles courtroom to face a misdemeanor charge July...
...clearly a violation of free speech and it's a violation of the right of adults to communicate with each other." The amendment to a massive telecommunications reform package would impose fines of up to $100,000 and prison terms of up to two years forknowingly transmitting "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent" pictures or commentsover electronic networks accessible to anyone under 18. Gingrich, an Internet enthusiast, acknowledged serious First Amendment and enforcement concerns and called the Senate bill "very badly thought out and not very productive." House members are already planning a far less restrictive approach: Reps. Christopher...
...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 is a very cynical vote," saysTIME senior technology editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "It's unconstitutional...
...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"obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent" pictures or comments over electronic networks accessible to anyone under 18. (Another proposal to send cable operators to jail for carrying explicit material failed at the last minute.) "This is a very cynical vote," saysTIME senior technology editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "It's unconstitutional...