Senators OK $1 Billion for Online Child Porn Fight

A bill that could allocate more than $1 billion over the next eight years to combat those who trade in child pornography has been unanimously approved by a Senate panel. "The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to send an amended version of the Combating Child Exploitation Act, chiefly sponsored by Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), to the full slate of politicians for a vote. [...] An amendment adopted Thursday also adds new sections to the original bill that would rewrite existing child pornography laws. One section is designed to make it clear that live Webcam broadcasts of child abuse are illegal, which the bill's authors argue is an "open question." Another change is aimed at closing another perceived loophole, prohibiting digital alteration of an innocent image of a child so that sexually explicit activity is instead depicted."

Oh My,

[Gat0r30y]

My initial reading of the title left off the "Fight" part - anyone else?

Well...

[Anonymous Coward]

... This is great news! Oh wait... fight I thought it said night.

Re:Uhuh...

[Anonymous Coward]

Because, you know... rebuilding bridges and roads and stuff like that wouldn't be a better use of the money

Um, thanks to Dubya and Dick, you won't need bridges and roads for very much longer...no one can afford to drive on them

Peter Gibbons

[Anonymous Coward]

Peter Gibbons: What would you do if you had a billion dollars?
Senate: I'll tell you what I'd do, man: Online Child Porn Fight.
Peter Gibbons: That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd have an online child porn fight?
Senate: Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I were a billionaire I could hook that up, too; 'cause child porn fighters dig a dude with money.
Peter Gibbons: Good point.

Re:thought crime

[nbert]

Given the current trend in exchange rates the government seems to be ahead ;)

Re:Dateline

[esocid]

Why don't you have a seat over there and you'll find out.

4chan

[DeathGod321]

I don't see why this is so hard, all you have to do is take down 4chan.

War on Pedos

[Jaysyn]

Well, if the War on Drugs or the War on Terrorism are any indication then 1/4 of the population of the US will be fucking / abusing minors in 4 years.

Re:Oh My,

[svandoren]

My initial reading of the title left off the "Fight" part - anyone else?

Ah, the ambiguity of language.

(Child Porn) Fight
- The fight against child porn.

(Child) Porn Fight
- Some sort of battle between two Senators' children who engage in a Battle Royale using only flung pornographic magazines and movies. Like Smithers and Burns having a money fight. Only way creepier.

Re:alteration illegal??

[ZekeSpeak]

But seriously. I can understand the possibility of a civil lawsuit if i mod a picture and spread it with the intent to hard someone. If some mods a picture of me and i never even see it, how am i a victim? How is my life altered it it never comes to my attention or to someone i interact with?

You probably didn't mean to write "hard someone", but it works really well.

Re:But Liberals LOVE Child Porn

[ma1wrbu5tr]

Shoudln't you be masturbating to The O'reilly Factor?

Re:I'm going to man up and not post AC...

[RPoet]

In my experience, real child porn is damned hard to find.

You can't be looking closely. Wikipedia says:

According to The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and other sources, child pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry and among the fastest growing business segments on the Internet;[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Do we really need specific legislation to outlaw webcam broadcasts of baby rape? Seriously? How often does that happen

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children [ncmec.org],

Through the use of digital and web cameras, child pornography has become easier and less expensive to produce. Distribution on the Internet has facilitated instant access by thousands and possibly millions of individuals throughout the world.

In the Seventies, homosexuals were recruiting kids, but that seems to have stopped. In the Nineties, ritual satanic abuse of toddlers was very widespread, but thank goodness, that seems to have stopped too. In this decade, millions are watching babies being raped on webcam. If we just make more laws, I'm sure we can make this completely horrifying decay of morals stop too!

Re:thought crime

[zifferent]

what about the hypothetical of a child molester using GIMP to edit pictures of a real six-year-old performing sex acts on him and he then publishes it.

It'll never happen. It's common knowledge that child molesters prefer PhotoShop.

Re:What is porn? Shes a witch? shes made of wood!

[Chris Hansen]

Why don't you have a seat right over there?

Re:alteration illegal??

[Anonymous Coward]

But photoshopping ice cream cones where cocks used to be is still OK, right? [imageshack.us]

Re:You're being rather shallow

[Khaed]

Shit, does that mean the PIAA is going to start suing me?

Re:thought crime

[Anonymous Coward]

yes, hand them over.

Re:ridiculous straw man

[MaXiMiUS]

Isn't it about time for a War on Politicians?

They seem to be the ones most deserving right about now..