H.R.1981 - Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011

To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to child pornography and child exploitation offenses. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 as reported to house.
  • Short: Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Official: To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to child pornography and child exploitation offenses. as introduced.

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05/30/12
From tweets to emails, government tracks all

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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05/01/12
Big Brother, the Internet, and Your Right of Privacy

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

Source: Right Side News
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04/30/12
Big Brother, the Internet, and Your Right of Privacy

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

Source: Canada Free Press
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04/19/12
SOPA architect Lamar Smith also hates marijuana legalization

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.

Source: Death and Taxes
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04/03/12
After SOPA and PIPA, Why Gamers Should Care About Bill H.R. 4204 and ACTA

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 ...

Source: Forbes
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04/02/12
SOMOS REPUBLICANS Rally to Defeat the Author of SOPA Legislation — Lamar Smith

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 ...

Source: Tucson Citizen
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03/12/12
Don’t Mess With The Internet: Billboard Planned For Lamar Smith’s District

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 ...

Source: WebProNews
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03/12/12
Kim Dotcom Says Many MegaUpload Users Are From US Government

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.

Source: WebProNews
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03/11/12
Can Anonymous and the Occupy movement get out the vote in November?

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

Source: Thetech Herald
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03/02/12
Mexico legislature passes Orwellian real-time surveillance bill

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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03/02/12
Who Are These Guys? Politicians Who Impact Tech -- Part 2

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.

Source: Mobiledia
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03/01/12
NDAA Is Now In Effect, And Many Are Terrified

Finally, if you want to keep my independent reporting of NDAA, HR347, HR1981, and other critical issues going, please contribute to our Kickstarter fund. It makes a real difference and allows my team to devote greater resources to covering these topics.

Source: The Business Insider
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02/29/12
NDAA Is Now In Effect, And Many Are Terrified

Finally, if you want to keep my independent reporting of NDAA, HR347, HR1981, and other critical issues going, please contribute to our Kickstarter fund. It makes a real difference and allows my team to devote greater resources to covering these topics.

Source: The Business Insider
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02/29/12
Child Pornography Bill Challenges Privacy

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.

Source: Mobiledia
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02/29/12
SOPA's author wants everything you do online logged and made available without a warrant

"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.

Source: Boing Boing (blog)
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02/29/12
Lamar Smith Doesn’t Care About Personal Privacy on the Internet

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

Source: WebProNews
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02/29/12
How Internet Companies Would Be Forced to Spy on You Under H.R. 1981

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 ...

Source: CNN
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02/29/12
If You Are Using The Internet, You Are A Criminal

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 ...

Source: Personal Liberty Digest
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02/28/12
SOPA's author wants everything you do online logged and made available without a warrant

"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.

Source: Boing Boing (blog)
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02/28/12
Child porn law could affect everyone's privacy

"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.

Source: msnbc.com
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02/28/12
Child porn law could affect everyone's privacy

"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.

Source: msnbc.com
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02/28/12
Child porn law could affect everyone's privacy

"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.

Source: msnbc.com
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02/28/12
Child pornography law could affect everyone's privacy

"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.

Source: msnbc.com
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02/28/12
Bill Against Child Pornography Could Affect Everyone’s Privacy

"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.

Source: TechNewsDaily
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02/28/12
Techdirt becomes one of 2/3 of sites censored by enemies under copyright rules

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

Source: IT World
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02/26/12
Meet Lamar Smith’s GOP primary challenger Sheriff Richard Mack

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

Source: Death and Taxes
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02/22/12
Rep. Lamar Smith's online monitoring bill faces public scrunity

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 ...

Source: Minnesota Daily
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02/22/12
The Anonymous, Occupy, And Ron Paul Connection

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 ...

Source: The Business Insider
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02/22/12
The Anonymous, Occupy, And The Ron Paul Connection

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 events ...

Source: The Business Insider
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02/20/12
Mass Surveillance and No Privacy Bill is 'For the Children'

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

Source: PC World
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