WorldCom Forced To Block Questionable Sites 532
Cutriss writes "Seen on Wired, this article briefly mentions how the Pennsylvania State Government is forcing UUNet to block access to five child pornography sites, under their new state law. No mention was made as to whether they were domestic or foreign. I'm certainly no fan of kiddie porn, but this ruling also serves as a blow to the 'common carrier' status that any whatever-tiered ISP should have in theory, and in practice. Also, this is a state law, not a federal one, but the end result is nationwide. This isn't a whole lot different from Yahoo! France being sued for making auctions of Nazi propaganda viewable by French citizens."
Re:Yahoo! sucks (Score:4, Funny)
Re:You won this time... (Score:4, Funny)
I can't drive 60 in a school zone.
I can't go fishing without a licence.
I can't bring my camcorder into a movie theater.
I can't browse kiddie porn.
There goes my weekend.
Re:Not moving (Score:1, Funny)
Pennsylvania you say! (Score:5, Funny)
But seriously, folks, people still don't understand what the internet is. To force an ISP to block access to certain sites, is like forcing AT&T to block who I can call on the phone. Hey, maybe my friend is a pedophile, but if I want to phone him and say "Hi", I have the right to do that. In this case accessing the kiddie porn is like calling up a friends computer and saying "Hi. Can I have some bits?". No different. When all those entreprenuers thought they understood the internet and invested in dot-coms, we laughed, because we knew it wouldn't last. But now, the idiots who don't understand the internet are our politicians. And dont' tell me this issue is about porn, because it isn't, that's just what the grey-haired politicians want us to think.