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Congress has once again screwed with internet website owners. It is now a federal criminal offense to put improper meta tags on certain sites. Where does it stop? STOP LEGISLATING SOMETHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. Morons.

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"America's children will be better protected from every parent's worst nightmare--sexual predators--thanks to passage" of the legislation, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said in a statement on Tuesday. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, in a statement issued after the House approved the bill by voice vote, said: "We've all seen the disturbing headlines about sex offenders and crimes against children. These crimes cannot persist. Protecting our children from Internet predators and child exploitation enterprises are just as high a priority as securing our border from terrorists."

Reading statements like this make me want to punch someone in the face... really hard. I hate when people say "Think of the Children!!!". MAKE PARENTS DO THEIR OWN JOBS. My parents imposed NO restrictions on what I could do and yes, I think I was better off than some puritanical idiot that was sheltered by government mandates. This is the same crap that is happening in schools. Let the kids be kids and get hurt. Dodgeball is FUN. If your kid gets hurt, DEAL WITH IT. He is weak! No, instead the parents sue the school and everyone loses.

Walmart has failed when they released their new hub website. Censorship and spying are not what makes users flock to MySpace. Nice one Walmart.

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No doubt leery of all the problems with MySpace.com, Wal-Mart's site disqualifies any video with "materials that are profane, disruptive, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially or ethnically-motivated, or otherwise objectionable." That's why "pending approval" notes dominate pages already created and content is limited to a headline, a fashion quiz and a favorite song. Wal-Mart also plans to e-mail the parents of every registered teen, giving them the discretion to pull a submission.

This whole net gambling fiasco is taking another turn. The CEO of BetOnSports had a layover in the US and was put in jail by the DOJ. Like we have nothing better to do than capture net gambling companies in other countries. This is total crap, the government shouldn't be allowed to legislate what I do with my own money that I EARNED. It almost seems that any new laws should be voted on by the people. Politicians are just corrupted or too stupid to know what the PEOPLE want. Remember, you stupid politicians, you are supposed to SERVE the people.

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"BetOnSports.com and other gambling Web sites operated by Gary Kaplan and his co-defendants offered gamblers in the United States illegal wagering on professional and college football and basketball," said a copy of the indictment seen by Reuters. The FBI has instructed four telephone companies to stop providing services to BetOnSports, the company said, citing the U.S. Department of Justice.

There is a bill floating around that will harm freedom of speech and cause many people to be thrown into jail without reason. The Bush administration backed bill wants to enforce warnings on many websites that has adult content. They talk about 15 years of prison time for not following the guidelines. This is NOT how things should work on the internet. This administration is far too concerned with its own religious agenda. DO NOT SAVE THE CHILDREN. It is up to the PARENTS to protect their own children. The more you let government parent kids, the more freedom you lose. Morons.

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That voluntary warning may not be enough if a bill backed by the Bush administration becomes law. Under the Stop Adults' Facilitation of the Exploitation of Youth Act--or Internet Safety Act--introduced last week in the U.S. Senate, all "commercial" Web site operators who fail to flag each page containing "sexually explicit material" could risk fines, up to 15 years in prison, or both.

Some 14 year old kid is suing MySpace because she went out with someone she found on MySpace and that person sexually assaulted her. There is no liability on MySpace in this one. The suit is utter crap and should be thrown out. MySpace should not be the target, it should be parents which failed to do their job. I'll give you two quotes...

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The lawsuit claims that the Web site does not require users to verify their age and calls the security measures aimed at preventing strangers from contacting users younger than 16 "utterly ineffective." "MySpace is more concerned about making money than protecting children online," said Adam Loewy, who is representing the girl and her mother in the lawsuit against MySpace, parent company News Corp. and Pete Solis, the 19-year-old accused of sexually assaulting the girl.

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Sure, there should be intervention. BUT, its the responsibility of the PARENT to supervise their children, not some company or society. Society as a whole have fallen into the routine of expecting others to take care of our children, and fallen down on the job of being parents.

This child's parents are to blame for not policing their child's online activities. She herself shares some of the blame, as it was SHE that allowed a stranger to pick her up and molest her.