Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.1981 Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011

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2012-05-30T09:56:24Z

A similar bill (which is more likely to succeed) passing through Congress right now, called Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act (H.R. 1981), is sponsored and written by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who sponsored the infamous Stop ...

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Big Brother, the Internet, and Your Right of Privacy

2012-05-01T04:40:02Z

H.R. 1981 is yet another similar piece of legislation. Under the guise of protecting children from pornography, it would require online service provides to, as Gottlieb points out, “spy on your online activities and provide that information to the govern

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Big Brother, the Internet, and Your Right of Privacy

2012-04-30T17:34:19Z

SOPA architect Lamar Smith also hates marijuana legalization

2012-04-19T17:18:43Z

it seemed rather appropriate to profile one of marijuana’s chief opponents—a prohibition supporter of ill repute who has also sought to cripple a free internet with SOPA and create a national database of internet user searches with H.R. 1981.

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After SOPA and PIPA, Why Gamers Should Care About Bill H.R. 4204 and ACTA

2012-04-03T19:53:42Z

2105)” and “H.R. 1981: Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011” that have the monitoring and logging of user’s internet activity built into them. What’s happening is that SOPA/PIPA is being taking apart and inserted ...

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SOMOS REPUBLICANS Rally to Defeat the Author of SOPA Legislation — Lamar Smith

2012-04-02T19:33:25Z

Remember SOPA, the online censorship bill that was authored by Texas Congressman Lamar Smith? What about the new HR 1981 that would allow the government to track everything you do online? Would you like to see the elected official’s who author ...

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Don’t Mess With The Internet: Billboard Planned For Lamar Smith’s District

2012-03-12T16:45:03Z

Remember Lamar Smith? He’s the guy who brought you both SOPA and H.R. 1981, a bill that would require ISPs to save customers’ IP addresses and other identifying information for over a year. In other words, he’s not exactly a guy you’d invite to ...

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Kim Dotcom Says Many MegaUpload Users Are From US Government

2012-03-12T10:39:59Z

It will, however, make people more aware of the hypocrisy in government which could have an effect on other proceedings and the push for new laws like H.R. 1981. We’ll keep you updated on any and all developments in the continuing MegaUpload saga.

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Can Anonymous and the Occupy movement get out the vote in November?

2012-03-11T19:59:30Z

The get out the vote initiative focuses on the stance taken by politicians as they weighed in on NDAA, SOPA, PIPA, HR 1981, and ACTA. Calling on “voters, activists and keyboard warriors under all banners to unite” as one, the announcement comes with a

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Mexico legislature passes Orwellian real-time surveillance bill

2012-03-02T15:35:26Z

Across the globe, countries are engaged in a number of civil rights abuses by way of legislation: internet blockades (SOPA, ACTA), vast databases of user browsing (H.R. 1981), and real-time surveillance. Where these measures have been debated and passed ..

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Who Are These Guys? Politicians Who Impact Tech -- Part 2

2012-03-02T13:33:45Z

H.R. 1981's opponents say such oversight paints every U.S. internet user as guilty before committing a crime, and they express concern over how to protect such vast amounts of stored personal data in the event of a cyber security breach.

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NDAA Is Now In Effect, And Many Are Terrified

2012-03-01T18:21:16Z

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NDAA Is Now In Effect, And Many Are Terrified

2012-02-29T18:58:14Z

Child Pornography Bill Challenges Privacy

2012-02-29T12:31:41Z

Lamar Smith (R.,Texas), offered The Protecting Children from Internet Pornography Act, or H.R. 1981, which would require Internet providers to store and monitor personal information linked with IP addresses, including data entered on mobile handsets.

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SOPA's author wants everything you do online logged and made available without a warrant

2012-02-29T12:03:03Z

"H.R. 1981 would uproot this core American principle, forcing ISPs to treat everyone like a potential criminal." The bill has been forwarded from committee to the full House of Representatives for consideration, which is expected later this year.

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Lamar Smith Doesn’t Care About Personal Privacy on the Internet

2012-02-29T11:55:54Z

Actually, Smith’s new draconian approach to Internet activity is nestled in his latest sponsored bill, H.R.1981, aka, the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011. While the notion is a noble one–let’s be clear here, no one I know

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How Internet Companies Would Be Forced to Spy on You Under H.R. 1981

2012-02-29T08:49:47Z

How Internet Companies Would Be Forced to Spy on You Under H.R. 1981 H.R. 1981 is a poorly-considered legislative attempt to regulate the Internet in a way experts in the field know will have serious civil liberties consequences. This bill specifically ...

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If You Are Using The Internet, You Are A Criminal

2012-02-29T00:50:11Z

The bill’s alphabet-soup acronym is PCFIPA (H.R. 1981), which stands for something that all Americans would likely support “Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers.” By amending existing laws that give U.S. Marshals the power to issue ...

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SOPA's author wants everything you do online logged and made available without a warrant

2012-02-28T18:59:25Z

Child porn law could affect everyone's privacy

2012-02-28T18:30:47Z

Child porn law could affect everyone's privacy

2012-02-28T18:23:38Z

Child porn law could affect everyone's privacy

2012-02-28T18:23:38Z

Child pornography law could affect everyone's privacy

2012-02-28T18:23:38Z

Bill Against Child Pornography Could Affect Everyone’s Privacy

2012-02-28T16:36:15Z

Techdirt becomes one of 2/3 of sites censored by enemies under copyright rules

2012-02-28T10:45:30Z

The bogus justification behind H.R. 1981 – SOPA-author Lamar Smith's other copyright-protection bill – goes even further even in the text of the bill, not just in mistaken enforcement of it. H.R. 1981 treats the 98 percent of people on the Internet who

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Meet Lamar Smith’s GOP primary challenger Sheriff Richard Mack

2012-02-26T03:38:23Z

Rep. Lamar Smith, the Republican representative for Texas’ 21st congressional district, has managed to raise quite a national profile by crafting two over-reaching internet bills—Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and H.R. 1981. SOPA would, in the interest

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Rep. Lamar Smith's online monitoring bill faces public scrunity

2012-02-22T14:13:03Z

H.R. 1981, the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, is considered by some to be a broad Internet surveillance bill. The bill was introduced in May 2011 and is currently in congressional committees. Section four from H.R ...

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The Anonymous, Occupy, And Ron Paul Connection

2012-02-22T12:47:09Z

Whereas some see things like NDAA -- which Obama signed into law on New Year's Eve, revoking habeas corpus and a large portion of the Bill of Rights -- and SOPA, Protect IP Act, Enemy Expatriation Act, and HR1981... and so forth... as individual ...

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The Anonymous, Occupy, And The Ron Paul Connection

2012-02-22T12:47:09Z

Mass Surveillance and No Privacy Bill is 'For the Children'

2012-02-20T17:28:42Z

No wonder so many of us hate stupid people. Rep. Lamar Smith, infamous to geeks as the author of SOPA, is sponsoring the bill H.R. 1981 which is better known as "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act." H.R. 1981 isn't exactly as easy to spit

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SOPA replacement uses child porn as excuse to spy on 99.7 percent of Americans

2012-02-20T15:34:10Z

Last May Smith, a Texas Republican credited as primary author of both SOPA and PIPA, the Senate version, also introduced H.R. 1981, a bill called the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011″ (PCFIPA). The anti-child-porn provisions .

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Suu Kyi's Party Warns Burma Elections "Unfair"

2012-02-20T09:14:46Z

Pakistan: Huge Rally of Islamic Hard-Liners Denounces US, NATO, India H.R. 1981: SOPA Author Lamar Smith's New Internet Surveillance Bill Intensifies Threats to Online Privacy In "failed state" Somalia, instability is lucrative for some Nobel ...

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How the UK plans anti-terror phone, email monitoring

2012-02-20T08:24:40Z

Summary: The UK is — according to reports — following suit with its American cousins in H.R. 1981, by aiming to force ISPs and phone companies to retain communications data for one year. If you haven’t heard of H.R. 1981, it wouldn’t ...

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H.R. 1981: SOPA Author Lamar Smith's New Internet Surveillance Bill Intensifies Threats to Online Privacy

2012-02-20T05:47:11Z

Following the massive world-wide protests over the Internet in January, the infamous SOPA and PIPA are mostly dead with the author Lamar Smith saying he won't take the bill up in committee until a "wider agreement on a solution" is reached.

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Government officials need to ease up on anti-piracy legislation

2012-02-19T23:49:16Z

Following in Canada's footsteps, the U.S is proposing the H.R 1981 bill, said to help stop child pornography, but containing heavy surveillance provisions. Instead of focusing on trying to stop what goes on within the internet, the government ...

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Government officials need to ease up on anti-piracy legislation

2012-02-19T16:39:46Z

SOPA author strikes back with internet surveillance bill; no one is safe

2012-02-18T21:48:46Z

SOPA author Lamar Smith is sponsoring a new bill named the “Protecting Chidlren From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011″ (H.R. 1981). The bill is not brand new, mind you, but with so many other oppressive attempts by the government to invade ...

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SOPA author strikes back with Internet surveillance bill; no one is safe

2012-02-17T18:58:09Z

SOPA author Lamar Smith is sponsoring a bill named the “Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011″ (H.R. 1981). The bill is not brand new, mind you, but with so many other oppressive attempts by the government to invade ...

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Anonymous And Internet Advocates: Where's Your H.R. 1981 Outrage?

2012-02-17T18:58:09Z

UPDATE Feb. 19, 6:10pm ET: Our videocast explaining H.R. 1981 in-depth is posted in full below; the video was featured on YouTube's U.S. homepage yesterday and this morning, thanks to the tremendous level of interest from readers. Background: H ...

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Ron Paul Should Win, In An Ideal World

2012-02-17T08:42:32Z

Warrantless wiretapping and spying on American citizens. - An aggressive push for patently innovation-destroying Internet surveillance and censorship bills like H.R. 1981, SOPA, Protect IP Act, etc. - US national debt of $15,363,318,000,000. That's more ..

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Canadian Anti-Privacy Bill Is Just Like H.R. 1981

2012-02-14T16:17:04Z

Canadian Conservatives are trying to push through a new network monitoring bill and anybody who opposes such a blatant attack on privacy are said to be supporters of child pornography. The Globe and Mail reports that Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is set

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US inaction amidst growing Syrian atrocities is disgusting

2012-02-14T10:54:57Z

SOPA and H.R. 1981, to name a few). That our executive and legislative leaders have stood on the sidelines and invoked sanctions proposals, while the Syrian people are detained, imprisoned, displaced and slaughtered like cattle is disgusting. And ...

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H.R. 1981, the jaws of law will eat your Internet rights

2012-02-13T00:33:22Z

You remember in "Jaws" where a girl is swimming in the ocean and the music starts playing ("dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun ...")? You know what's going to happen ... at the last moment she sees the shark's dorsal fin slicing through the water and, "eeeekkkkkkkk

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With H.R. 1981, the jaws of law will eat your Internet rights

2012-02-13T00:19:03Z

Network World - You remember in Jaws where a girl is swimming in the ocean and the music starts playing ("dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun ...")? You know what's going to happen ... at the last moment she sees the shark's dorsal fin slicing through the ...

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H.R. 1981, the jaws of law will eat your Internet rights

2012-02-13T00:19:03Z

Network World - You remember in "Jaws" where a girl is swimming in the ocean and the music starts playing ("dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun ...")? You know what's going to happen ... at the last moment she sees the shark's dorsal fin slicing through ...

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With H.R. 1981, the jaws of law will eat your Internet rights

2012-02-13T00:19:03Z

Meet Richard Mack, Republican challenger to SOPA's author

2012-02-09T06:57:30Z

Constitutional conservative would be very accurate. Have you found many voters in the 21st congressional district in Texas saying they support Lamar Smith on SOPA and H.R. 1981? Not one of the four GOP presidential candidates does. Mack ...

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The Dark Side of Technology

2012-02-08T10:11:57Z

As is so often the case with "well-meaning" legislation, the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (H.R. 1981, or PCIP) is allegedly aimed at something about which all agree. Nobody argues against shielding kids from pornographers.

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New bill violates privacy rights

2012-02-07T21:47:30Z

Smith has introduced H.R. 1981 The Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011. His bill would require Internet Service Providers to track and retain user information for 18 months. Sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, mailing ...

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Momentum Gathers Against Internet Snooping Bill, HR 1981

2012-02-07T19:10:01Z

In case you haven't heard, another bill threatening Internet freedom is wending its way through the House. Deceptively titled the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011," the bill was written by — surprise — SOPA lead ...

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Protest Against ACTA and Decolonize The Internet

2012-02-07T12:36:18Z

See the reverse side of this flier for a discussion of ACTA and similar initiatives such as Lamar Smith's Internet snooping bill, HR 1981. ACTA requires enabling legislation such as HR 1981. ACTA includes the following: 1. It empowers ...

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America vs. Facebook

2012-02-06T16:26:33Z

Many privacy and civil liberty groups, tech companies, activists, hackers and internet denizens have hinted at this possibility with their quite vocal opposition to SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, TPP and H.R. 1981 (a bill that would create a monolithic internet user ..

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SPEAK EASY: Child pornography bill makes SOPA look saintly

2012-02-05T21:06:55Z

Smith, the brain behind the now-dead Stop Online Piracy Act, has another bill moving through the House. HR 1981 was proposed in May. It gives itself the lofty title of the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011. However, the bill has .

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SPEAK EASY: Child pornography bill makes SOPA look saintly

2012-02-05T19:19:32Z

House bill written by original SOPA author would destroy all Internet privacy

2012-02-03T22:20:52Z

Olympia Snowe (R-ME). "But with HR 1981, which should be called HR 1984 because of its big brother tactics, the fight continues. Its requirement that Internet service providers retain personal information and habits of all its users is dangerous.

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The State of US Surveillance

2012-02-03T19:57:42Z

PCIP is about gathering information. As is so often the case with “well-meaning” legislation, the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (H.R. 1981, or PCIP) is allegedly aimed at something about which all agree. Nobody argues ...

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Anti-SOPA forces have ISP snooping bill in their crosshairs

2012-02-03T17:13:04Z

His bill is called H.R. 1981. "This is yet another government assault on the Internet and its users," said Demand Progress executive director David Segal. "We taught Congress a lesson last month: We need to do to H.R. 1981 what we did to SOPA ...

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Anti-SOPA forces have ISP snooping bill in their crosshairs

2012-02-03T17:13:04Z

His bill is called H.R. 1981. "This is yet another government assault on the Internet and its users," said Demand Progress Executive Director David Segal. "We taught Congress a lesson last month: we need to do to H.R. 1981 what we did to SOPA ...

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Google Won't Pause New Privacy Policy - Should They Have To?

2012-02-03T15:40:00Z

Data retention is an internationally volatile issue. In the U.S., two mandatory data retention bills were shot down in 2009, while the controversial H.R. 1981 has made its way back onto the calendar. If you cancel your Facebook account and log in again a .

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The State of US Surveillance

2012-02-03T12:05:15Z

PCIP is about gathering information. As is so often the case with "well-meaning" legislation, the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (H.R. 1981, or PCIP) is allegedly aimed at something about which all agree. Nobody argues against

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SOPA 2.0? Progressive group targets data retention bill

2012-02-03T10:39:22Z

The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act (HR 1981), which cleared Smith's House Judiciary Committee 19-10 last year after a hotly contested markup, would require Internet service providers to keep some user information on file to ...

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Hackers claim to intercept call between FBI, Scotland Yard

2012-02-03T01:00:00Z

...porn is like blaming a hardware store because a hammer was used as part of a robbery. The Americans have just proposed a bill (H.R.1981) that would make it mandatory for ISPs to log absolutely everything that American citizens do online. This is all bei

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Occupy this: 5 Internet regulations we need to destroy

2012-02-02T18:32:59Z

What it is: Introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) — the chief sponsor of SOPA — last May, HR 1981 aims to curb the distribution of child pornography, and increases the possible penalties for doing so. It does this by amending “the federal criminal

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Second Lamar Smith ISP-Oriented Bill Draws New Protests

2012-02-02T18:11:31Z

The portion of H.R. 1981 that's drawing criticism would, like SOPA, assign ISPs the responsibility of intelligence gathering. Section 4(a) would insert this language into USC 18(h)(1): A commercial provider of an electronic communication service ...

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Demand Progress Going After Another Smith Bill

2012-02-02T17:50:02Z

"We taught Congress a lesson last month: We need to do to HR 1981 what we did to SOPA, and make it clear to Lamar Smith and the rest of Congress that they can't run roughshod over Internet freedom," the group's executive director, David Segal, said in a st

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Internet VS Lamar Smith, Round Two: Demand Progress Takes On Snooping Bill, HR 1981

2012-02-02T16:52:47Z

WASHINGTON - February 2 - Fresh off of a hard-fought victory against SOPA and PIPA, Demand Progress and its million-plus members are taking on appalling snooping legislation which is awaiting a floor vote in the House of Representatives.

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HR1981 - yet another SOPA / PIPA

2012-02-01T11:53:19Z

"A direct assault on Internet users" is what the ACLU is calling it. A U.S. House committee has already approved HR 1981, a broad new Internet snooping bill. And get this -- it's also authored by SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith. They want to force ...

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Online privacy at-risk with pending legislation

2012-01-31T20:37:03Z

Source: H.R. 1981, Section 4, Article a, subsection 1 Max Ayalla, a senior from Kansas City who works at Information Technology, said he’s worried about the information’s security. “If someone hacks into the data, it would be disastrous ...

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Online privacy at risk with pending legislation

2012-01-31T19:11:09Z

Online privacy at-risk with pending legislation

2012-01-30T18:58:01Z

Source: H.R. 1981, Section 4, Article a, subsection 1 Max Ayalla, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., who works at Information Technology, said he’s worried about the information’s security. “If someone hacks into the data, it would be ...

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H.R. 1981: "Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011"

2012-01-30T09:03:53Z

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) is back with a new anti-privacy bill that's been on the radar of civil liberties organizations for several months now, though it hasn't yet received much attention in the mainstream media. He introduced H.R. 1981 ...

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H.R. 1981: "Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011"

2012-01-30T09:03:53Z

H.R. 1981: "Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011"

2012-01-30T09:03:53Z

The Hollywood connection between Democrats and SOPA

2012-01-29T22:19:38Z

H.R. 1981, The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, will require internet providers to store every single customer's browsing history, assigned IP address and private data for 18 months. The bill made it through committee last ...

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Here's Looking at You, Kid

2012-01-27T23:55:04Z

Hawaii legislators bid aloha to controversial data retention bill

2012-01-27T14:43:53Z

A national data retention proposal (HR 1981) is making its way through the U.S. House of Representatives, she said. "Governments and other stakeholders are attempting to force the Internet companies which allow us to connect and communicate online to ...

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Hawaii legislators bid aloha to controversial data retention bill

2012-01-27T14:15:15Z

Hawaii legislators bid aloha to controversial data retention bill

2012-01-27T13:53:47Z

Hawaii legislators bid aloha to controversial data retention bill

2012-01-27T13:53:47Z

Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act: 5 Things to Know About H.R. 1981

2012-01-27T10:47:40Z

The bill is similar to SOPA in that it would place new restrictions on Internet freedom and privacy, and because it has drawn opposition from the familiar cast of characters, from civil rights groups to Internet freedom advocates. But the ...

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The State of Surveillance Technology

2012-01-27T00:03:25Z

ACTA to SOPA: Top 5 Threats to Internet Freedom and How to Fight Back

2012-01-26T15:42:20Z

Often referred to as H.R. 1981--its tracking number in the U.S. Congress--the bill was introduced by the same Congressman who authored SOPA, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas). Like SOPA, it would put grave new restrictions on Internet use, but it goes ...

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Hawaii Could Force ISPs To Log All Browsing History, Indefinitely

2012-01-26T13:04:51Z

In the current political climate, with all the buzz about SOPA & PIPA and now H.R.1981 & ACTA, Hawaii state representative John Mizuno has to be outside of his mind to introduce a comical piece of legislation like H.B. 2288. Take that back.

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HR 1981 "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers" sounds good, right?

2012-01-23T22:12:26Z

Many people came together to protest SOPA and PIPA last week, in fact, it was the largest online protest in history and helped lead to SOPA and PIPA being tabled (for the time being). Of course, with these bills being tabled should not come peace.

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SOPA, PIPA On Hold, But a New Threat on Horizon

2012-01-23T15:38:44Z

Who wouldn’t want to protect children, you ask? They must be monsters! This is precisely the mentality that may see H.R.1981, known as the Data Retention Bill by protesters, pushed through, as it aims to force all U.S. Internet service providers to ...

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SOPA, PIPA On Hold, But a New Threat on Horizon

2012-01-23T01:00:00Z

...16, 2011. Who wouldn’t want to protect children, you ask? They must be monsters! This is precisely the mentality that may see H.R.1981, known as the Data Retention Bill by protesters, pushed through, as it aims to force all U.S. Internet service provi

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Corpse Run 176: Censorship gone to the dogs

2012-01-23T00:22:29Z

First up is H.R. 1981, the “Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011,” which forces ISPs to track everything you do on your computer, and then present that information to the government at any time. This bill would ...

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A Few Last Thoughts On SOPA/PIPA From Last Week

2012-01-22T15:32:46Z

H.R. 1981 - Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 – has embedded in it an amendment that’ll have your internet service provider tracking all of your financial dealings online. And yes, the sponsor of this is Lamar Smith ...

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More Net Legislation From Rep. Smith, HR 1981

2012-01-22T05:02:50Z

Proponents dubbed the bill the “Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011.” According to the CRS bill summary for HR 1981 (wow, that was awfully close to 1984), which Rep Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced in May 2011, the bill: Requires a

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SOPA sponsor has another Internet bill that records you 24/7

2012-01-20T18:34:06Z

This bill is H.R. 1981 and will have more dire consequences than SOPA or PIPA ever had the potential to have. What it does is to amend several rules that have to do with Child Pornography and preventing it, the bill itself called the “Protecting Children

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MPAA chairman Chris Dodd expresses regret over pro-SOPA strategy, calls for compromise

2012-01-20T01:00:00Z

...that were provided proved to be insufficient to outweigh public outrage. That said, I am sure that when SOPA/PIPA are rolled into H.R.1981 (Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act) it will pass quickly. Its part of the game they play, put ou

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SOPA Is Defeated, But New Internet Bill Gains Critics

2012-01-19T18:56:45Z

Back in August, Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic called the legislation, also known as H.R. 1981, “arguably the biggest threat to civil liberties now under consideration in the United States.” The bill has been approved by committee ...

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SOPA Is Defeated, But New Internet Bill Gains Critics

2012-01-19T18:56:45Z

Collegiate Nation's Privacy Mom Tells College Students Don't Let Congress Order Spying on You

2012-01-16T05:31:26Z

The maverick and outspoken founder of Collegiate Nation, also known as the "Privacy Mom" is kicking off her 2012 "Occupy Privacy" campaign by urging all college students to support the push to defeat H.R. 1981. "The bill would order online service ...

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Collegiate Nation's Privacy Mom Tells College Students Don't Let Congress Order Spying on You

2012-01-13T12:51:38Z

"Privacy Mom" is kicking off her 2012 "Occupy Privacy" campaign by urging all college students to protest against H.R. 1981 by writing to Congress online. "H.R. 1981 is un-American and a direct threat to every person who uses the internet. It assumes ...

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Why you should support the Cyber Monday ICE crackdown

2011-11-28T19:22:38Z

There has been a lot of activity this past year that has been both scary and reassuring about that issue. The outpouring of opposition to H.R. 1981 and the beginnings of response to citizen opinion within Congress is a reassuring thing. The fact that most

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NetChoice Finds State and Federal Initiatives Add Cost and Complexity to the ...

2011-09-15T01:00:00Z

This federal data retention mandate (HR 1981) would require Internet Service Providers to keep the IP addresses of all Internet users for 18 months. Providing federal investigators with a way to track the Internet use of Americans who have committed no ..

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Editorial: Snooping bill raises risk of ID theft

2011-09-15T01:00:00Z

... “Child Pornography on the Internet,” which concluded, “A computer-savvy user can access these (child pornography) groups by using techniques that hide his/her identity by concealing his/her true IP address.” HR 1981 won't stop pedophiles.

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Big Brother in the 21st Century

2011-09-08T01:00:00Z

After all, the House Judiciary Committee voted 19-10 to pass HR 1981 (it really should have held out for HR 1984 though) which will require all ISP providers to maintain a log of internet activity for 12 months. The bill, called ''Protecting Child

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Peeping Tom or Safety Net

2011-09-06T01:00:00Z

Internet service providers may soon be required to retain all user information for up to 18 months under the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act (HR 1981) that passed through the House Judiciary Committee on July 28. ...

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Protecting Children or Invading Privacy: Controversial Internet Bill

2011-08-22T01:00:00Z

While the title suggests an effort few would dare oppose, legislators on both sides of aisle and nearly 30 civil rights and privacy groups have labeled bill HR 1981 misleading, dishonest, and offensive. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Democratic ...

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Orwellian Proposals

2011-08-22T01:00:00Z

Another measure, HR 1981, would be more aptly numbered HR 1984. The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 purports to fight child porn by forcing Internet service providers to track every move its users make online for 18 months ...

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Critics say bill co-sponsored by Wasserman Schultz, Deutch could 'undermine ...

2011-08-18T01:00:00Z

HR 1981 directs Internet Service Providers to retain Internet Protocol addresses to assist federal law enforcement officials with child pornography and other Internet investigations. # Smith writes that the bill “does not threaten any legitimate ...

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Judiciary Committee plans aggressive fall jobs agenda

2011-08-18T01:00:00Z

The one bill Smith's committee is expected to take up that does not fall strictly into the “Judicial Jobs Agenda” is HR 1981, the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act. “This is the one exception to the rule,” he said. ...

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House bill violates American's right to privacy

2011-08-12T01:00:00Z

While House leaders were rallying for votes near the end of July to resolve the nation's risk of defaulting, a House panel passed HR 1981, the “Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011″ with very little media coverage. ...

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Feds to Protect Children from Internet Pornographers by Going Through Your ...

2011-08-10T01:00:00Z

Smith's website describing the effects of his well-intended legislation: The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (HR 1981) directs Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to retain subscriber information for 12 months in order to ...

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Congress wants to kill the Internet

2011-08-09T01:00:00Z

The House bill, HR 1981 (oh, it was so close to being HR 1984) does note that ISPs should store that information “in a safe place,” which makes me feel a lot better, yeah riiight. As long as they're keeping an eye on my bank statements, ...

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The 'Just in Case You're a Criminal Someday' Act

2011-08-09T01:00:00Z

This is no casual reference to the "Big Brother is Watching You" dystopian world of George Orwell's "1984;" it is the reality of HR 1981, a bill in Congress that orders Internet companies to build vast digital warehouses that recor

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The frightening truth about your data

2011-08-08T01:00:00Z

It's titled "The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011" or "HR 1981". Aside from making ISPs keep your name, address and other details, it would make them track your movements online. HR 1981 is supposedly mea

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Could this legislation kill the Internet?

2011-08-08T01:00:00Z

The House bill, HR 1981 (oh, it was so close to being HR 1984) does note that ISPs should store that information “in a safe place,” which by golly makes me feel a lot better. As long as they're keeping an eye on my bank statements, ...

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New Internet Bill Targets Online Anonymity

2011-08-05T01:00:00Z

HR 1981 – The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 – was just approved by the House Judiciary Committee in a 19 to 10 vote. [9] The bill would require Internet service providers to keep a record of all of their customers' ..

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Anti-porn bill won't protect children, but it could kill the Internet

2011-08-05T01:00:00Z

Web Hosting Leaders to Meet to Discuss Congressional Reform

2011-08-04T01:00:00Z

Other pending bills - including S1207, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 201; S 1408, the Data Breach Notification Act of 2011; HR 1981, Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act; and, HR 1841 Data Accountability and Trust Act ...

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Sonic.Net CEO Opposes New Retention Laws Insists Longer Retention Creates ...

2011-08-04T01:00:00Z

The latest effort is HR 1981: Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (pdf), a bill that would require ISPs retain user data for 18 months. While groups like The National Sheriffs' Association are throwing their support behind the

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H.R.1981, the end of online privacy as we know it.

2011-08-04T01:00:00Z

...sponsors of bill H.R.1981 are not stupid people. By naming a bill 'The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011' they have managed to take a piece of legislation that could be the worst threat to online privacy ever and make it virtua

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Web Hosting Leaders to Meet to Discuss Congressional Reform

2011-08-04T01:00:00Z

Sonic.Net CEO Opposes New Retention Laws

2011-08-04T01:00:00Z

Web Hosting Leaders to Discuss Congressional Reform

2011-08-03T01:00:00Z

Other pending bills – including S1207, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 201; S 1408, the Data Breach Notification Act of 2011; HR 1981, Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act; and, HR 1841 Data Accountability and Trust Act .

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HR 1981 presumes we are all child pornographers

2011-08-03T01:00:00Z

Contact your senators and representatives and let them know that this bill serves only one purpose, and that is to make it easier for government agencies to spy on law abiding citizens. The text of the HR 1981 is here (PDF).

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US Bill Would Require ISPs to Retain Much Personal Data

2011-08-03T01:00:00Z

...similar bill has been introduced into the US Senate. A short while ago the US House Judiciary Committee amended House bill H.R.1981 “Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011″ so as to require ISPs in the United States to retain fo

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Bill passes to protect children from child porn

2011-08-02T01:00:00Z

The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (HR-1981) directs Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to retain subscriber information for 12 months in order to assist federal law enforcement in online child pornography and child ...

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Techcomm

2011-08-02T01:00:00Z

On July 28, the House Judiciary approved HR 1981, the “Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011” – by a vote of 19-10. Sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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In Defense of Internet Anonymity -- Again

2011-08-02T01:00:00Z

To start with, after lengthy debate, the House Judiciary Committee recently approved bill HR 1981, which requires Internet service providers to keep a record of their customer's activities for twelve months. Allegedly a measure against child ...

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House panel approves ISP snooping bill HR 1981

2011-07-29T01:00:00Z

HR 1981 – The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 – was approved on a 19 to 10 vote, despite serious privacy concerns voiced from both sides of the aisle and privacy activists. Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the senior Democrat

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Friday Squid Blogging: 25-foot Giant Squid Caught in Fishing Net

2011-07-29T01:00:00Z

A blog covering security and security technology. A 25-foot (or maybe 23-foot) giant squid was caught off the coast of Florida. Also, I'm going to try something new. Let's use this weekly squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I d

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Mandatory Data Retention Rears its Ugly Head Again

2011-07-27T01:00:00Z

This morning the House Judiciary Committee began markup on HR 1981, the “Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011,” which would among other things force all commercial Internet providers ...

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Amended Data Retention Bill Would Create More Problems Than It Would Solve

2011-07-26T01:00:00Z

On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will markup HR. 1981, a bill that would impose data retention mandates on wireline and wireless ISPs as well as many of the hotels, airports, and coffee shops that today offer Internet access ...

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SMITH & SCHULTZ: Protecting children from online predators

2011-07-26T01:00:00Z

That's why we have co-sponsored HR 1981, the ProtectingChildrenfromInternetPornographersAct. HR 1981 enables law enforcement officials to successfully locate and prosecute those who want to hurt our children. Often, the only way to identify a pedophil

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Don't Let Congress Order Internet Companies to Spy on You: Oppose the Data ...

2011-07-25T01:00:00Z

The US House of Representatives is currently considering HR 1981, a bill that would order all of our online service providers to keep new logs about our online activities, logs to help the government identify the web sites we visit and the content we ...

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Proposed Bill H.R. 1981 Would Force ISPs to Save User Info for Authorities

2011-07-25T01:00:00Z

HR 1981 would impose sweeping requirements on a broad swath of online service providers to keep new records on all of their customers, just in case the police ever want to investigate any of them. In particular, the bill would require any “provider of .

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Child Protection Group Defends Adult Industry

2011-07-19T01:00:00Z

Lamar Smith (R-TX) has introduced HR-1981, named Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, that the ASACP says erroneously ties the legal adult online porn industry with child porn. “Given the inaccurate portrayal of the industry ...

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OVERNIGHT TECH: Data breach markup on Wednesday

2011-07-19T01:00:00Z

On Tap Wednesday: The House Judiciary Committee will several tech-related pieces of legislation including HR 2552, the “Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011”; HR 1981, the “Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011”; and HR 155

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ASACP Reaches Out to Congress Concerning Protecting Children From Internet ...

2011-07-18T01:00:00Z

HR 1981, the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, seeks to tie the online adult entertainment industry with the heinous crime of child sexual abuse — providing stiff penalties for criminals, but falsely equating legitimate ...

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'Internet Pornographers' Bill Appears DOA

2011-07-15T01:00:00Z

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla), The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (HR 1981) encountered trouble even before it was referred Monday to the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, ...

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Bedford County Sheriff testifies before Congress

2011-07-14T01:00:00Z

Sheriff Brown who is known throughout the nation for being one of the first in the country to establish an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, (ICAC), in 1998, was asked to represent the National Sheriffs' Association in support of HR 1981 ..

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Data Retention Hearing: Opposition From Both Sides

2011-07-13T01:00:00Z

Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime conducted a hearing on House Judiciary Committee Chair Lamar Smith's (R-Texas) data retention bill, HR. 1981, the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act. Rep. ...

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EPIC Urges Congress to Reject Data Retention Plan

2011-07-13T01:00:00Z

HR 1981, a bill to address concerns about children pornography, would require Internet Service Providers to store temporarily assigned IP addresses for future government use. And the bill would create a new immunity so that ISPs would not be liable if ...

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Techcomm

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

On July 12, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security will hold a hearing on HR 1981, the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, sponsored by Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Committee ...

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Data retention plan hits Capitol Hill snag

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

The bill in question is HR 1981, which says Internet providers must store for "at least 18 months the temporarily assigned network addresses the service assigns to each account," unless it's a wireless provider like AT&T, T-Mobile, or Ve

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OVERNIGHT TECH: Pentagon drops cyberspace strategy Thursday

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

... Information Center executive director Marc Rotenberg told the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday he opposes the data retention and liability provisions included in HR 1981, which was introduced in May by Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Rep. ...

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Bedford County sheriff discusses Web data before congressional panel

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

... news arresting and successfully prosecuting child pornographers and predators, spoke to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security in support of HR 1981 -- Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011. ..

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Comcast, ISPs May Soon Retain IP Addresses for 18 Months

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

The proposed bill, HR 1981, also known as "the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011," would require ISPs to retain this information in the event that law enforcers want to use it to help with "child pornography and ot

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Legal Battles Continue Over ISP Spying, Digital Self-Incrimination

2011-07-12T01:00:00Z

The bill (HR 1981) is intended to amend title 18 of the USC and is known as the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornagraphers Act of 2011," At a Congressional hearing today, Michael Brown, a sheriff in Bedford County, VA and board member of t

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Moral Panic and Your Privacy

2011-07-11T01:00:00Z

Take a look at HR 1981, the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011. It's got everything: porn, children, the Internet. And it's got everything: financial services providers dragooned into law enforcement, data retention ...

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OVERNIGHT TECH: FCC fights cramming, House combats child porn

2011-07-11T01:00:00Z

THE LEDE: The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday morning in Rayburn to discuss HR 1981, the "Protect Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011" introduced by Chairman Lamar Smith ...

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