Online predators will again be the target of legislation filed in Congress this year. Sen. Ted Stevens filed a measure last month aimed at protecting children from pornographers, predators and list brokers. Meanwhile, in the House last week, Mark Kirk submitted a bill entitled the “Deleting Online Predators Act,” which is reportedly very similar to legislation approved by the House last year but killed in the Senate. The breadth of the provisions in the Stevens bill have civil libertarians, educators, librarians and Internet activists in a tizzy.
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The Thorny Problems Posed by Online Predator Bills
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. February 23, 2007 04:00 AMOnline predators will again be the target of legislation filed in Congress this year. Sen. Ted Stevens filed a measure last month aimed at protecting children from pornographers, predators and list brokers. Meanwhile, in the House last week, Mark Kirk submitted a bill entitled the “Deleting Online Predators Act,” which is reportedly very similar to legislation approved by the House last year but killed in the Senate. The breadth of the provisions in the Stevens bill have civil libertarians, educators, librarians and Internet activists in a tizzy.