The life of a porn addicted housewife.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Utah Tries To Ban Porn
Seems that the Utah House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that will make it mandatory for ISP's to filter adult material.
This will require the State's attorney to maintain a database of porn sites.
Keepers of the database will be required to keep it up to date as sites change their urls or new sites start up. This also requires that all content providers whether in Utah or elsewhere to self-rate themselves.
Of course the required ratings are NOT part of this bill, so it is up to the content provider to figure them out.
The bill requires internet service providers to filter content deemed harmful to minors at no additional cost to the consumer.
To read a better report on this you can go HERE .
Personally I can see all kinds of faults with this bill.
First, there is no way that all content providers are going to self-rate themselves correctly.
Second, I can see sites getting blocked that are not porn related.
Third, content providers will be able to change their urls to the point that they can get through.
Now I am NOT supporting this bill in any way, shape, or form!
I feel it is up to PARENTS to filter their childrens internet access. There are plenty of good programs that do just this.
I do not think that the government should have the right to tell me what I can and cannot see as an adult. This is censorship at it's finest!
Utah.....I won't be visitng there anytime soon!
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This will require the State's attorney to maintain a database of porn sites.
Keepers of the database will be required to keep it up to date as sites change their urls or new sites start up. This also requires that all content providers whether in Utah or elsewhere to self-rate themselves.
Of course the required ratings are NOT part of this bill, so it is up to the content provider to figure them out.
The bill requires internet service providers to filter content deemed harmful to minors at no additional cost to the consumer.
To read a better report on this you can go HERE .
Personally I can see all kinds of faults with this bill.
First, there is no way that all content providers are going to self-rate themselves correctly.
Second, I can see sites getting blocked that are not porn related.
Third, content providers will be able to change their urls to the point that they can get through.
Now I am NOT supporting this bill in any way, shape, or form!
I feel it is up to PARENTS to filter their childrens internet access. There are plenty of good programs that do just this.
I do not think that the government should have the right to tell me what I can and cannot see as an adult. This is censorship at it's finest!
Utah.....I won't be visitng there anytime soon!
