Commerce Panel OKs Coats' Anti-Porn Bill
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Commerce Committee Friday passed U.S. Sen. Dan Coats' anti-pornography bill.
The Communications Decency Act, targets commercial distribution of pornography on the World Wide Web.
"This is a great victory, and the first big step on the way to the Senate floor," said Coats.
The legislation is tailored to overcome the concern that certain art or public health information may be swept up or chilled under the indecency standard contained in the CDA.
The Coats legislation requires commercial distributors to remove free images or require a credit card, adult access code or PIN to view them.
"In the current climate, our children can move from web page to web page, viewing and down-loading free images with no restrictions," said Coats. "There are tens of thousands of such free images available from commercial providers."
The web is the graphics portion of the Internet and is the place where most of the commercial activity in pornography occurs. [[In-content Ad]]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Commerce Committee Friday passed U.S. Sen. Dan Coats' anti-pornography bill.
The Communications Decency Act, targets commercial distribution of pornography on the World Wide Web.
"This is a great victory, and the first big step on the way to the Senate floor," said Coats.
The legislation is tailored to overcome the concern that certain art or public health information may be swept up or chilled under the indecency standard contained in the CDA.
The Coats legislation requires commercial distributors to remove free images or require a credit card, adult access code or PIN to view them.
"In the current climate, our children can move from web page to web page, viewing and down-loading free images with no restrictions," said Coats. "There are tens of thousands of such free images available from commercial providers."
The web is the graphics portion of the Internet and is the place where most of the commercial activity in pornography occurs. [[In-content Ad]]