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US Senate Restarts .XXX Debate
News Plans to create an Internet red-light district would be revived under a new US Senate proposal. On Thursday, two Senate Democrats, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Max The 11-page measure would require the US Department of
[March 20, 2006, 8:35]
US Senate Reins In ID Card Act
News The US Senate took a preliminary step on Wednesday towards reining in the controversial Real ID Act, which is scheduled to become America's first federal identification card in a few years. This was a real victory for Montana and the American...
[June 28, 2007, 12:33]
US Report: Senate Bill Would Lift Bans On Overseas Crypto
News There will finally be a vehicle in the Senate which is pro-encryption," he said. Such data can now be garnered with no more than a US attorney's signature. "There's no mistake about it. This is strong privacy medicine," said Alan Davidson, an...
[May 12, 1998, 11:51]
US Senate Rejects Extra Funds For ID Cards
News Action by a divided US Senate on Thursday raises new questions about the fate of a contentious plan to outfit Americans with new digital identification cards by 2013. The Senate also agreed unanimously to adopt an amendment, proposed by vocal Real...
[July 30, 2007, 13:05]
US Senate Restarts .XXX Debate
Talkback The idea is simple, but no US legislator will follow it. Speaking as a quivering U.S.porn webmaster, it would be the best thing since glossy print! Please, please, pleaaaase, please Mr Baucus and Mr Pryor, make my sites diiiiiirty again!
[March 20, 2006, 15:45]
US Senate Restarts .XXX Debate
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[March 21, 2006, 6:10]
US Senate Restarts .XXX Debate
Talkback but that will only work if the server is registered in the US, otherwise they just have to move the server off shore and what can the US do about it then?
[March 21, 2006, 8:50]
US Senate Restarts .XXX Debate
Talkback On the other it would allow us to prevent our children from viewing material parents in their ever increasing prudense believe might damage them turning them into sexual deviants and in so doing might decrease things like teen pregnancy, the high...
[August 7, 2006, 18:42]
Hackers Deface US Senate, Challenge FBI
News Senate site late Thursday, replacing the front page with a blunt message to the FBI -- "FBI vs. The hacked site was quickly taken down and senate.gov is currently offline. The senate.gov hack comes hard on the heels of two other high-profile hack...
[May 28, 1999, 8:41]
US Report: Senate Passes Net Tax Ban
News But before it can be sent to him, the bill must be reconciled with the House version, which contains none of the amendments added by the Senate. The Tax Freedom Act garnered support from a broad coalition of industry groups and anti-tax activists...
[October 9, 1998, 10:42]
US Report: Senate Passes CDA II, Filtering Measure
News The Senate passed legislation to ban the open display of sexually explicit materials judged "harmful to minors" on the Internet. It was the first time the Senate had passed such legislation since a similar measure was struck down as...
[July 24, 1998, 10:33]
US Report: Tech Visa Bill Dies In Senate As Session Ends
News The bill, approved by the Senate last week, implements the provisions of two international treaties adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organisation in 1996. The bill to temporarily double the current number of H1B visas issued to skilled...
[October 13, 1998, 10:08]
US Report: High Tech Aliens See Vote Go To Senate
News The bill, which has received strong support from high-tech companies, would extend the quota of H1B visas granted to highly-skilled foreign workers. Currently, 65,000 workers in this category may enter the country each year.
[September 25, 1998, 6:54]
US Patent Reforms Inch Forward
News A US Senate panel has taken a step towards overhauling the patent system in a manner endorsed by hi-tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon.com and Oracle. By unanimous consent, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday adopted an amendment that...
[June 22, 2007, 15:53]
Bush Backs International Cybercrime Plan
News President Bush has asked the US Senate to ratify the first international cybercrime treaty. If the Senate approves it, the Bush administration said it believes that because US law already abides by provisions in the treaty, no further legal changes...
[November 19, 2003, 9:00]
US Presses Ahead With Patent Reforms
News On Thursday evening, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved by a 13-5 vote an amended version of the Patent Reform Act of 2007. The bill will still erode, not strengthen, patent protections thereby dampening innovation and stifling...
[July 23, 2007, 9:22]
FTC Head Sceptical About Net Neutrality Laws
News Deborah Platt Majoras, the FTC's Republican chairman, said extensive Net neutrality legislation currently pending in the US Senate is unnecessary because there has been no demonstrated harm to consumers, that normal market forces would be likely...
[August 22, 2006, 9:40]
RIAA: P2P Networks Full Of Child Porn
News On Tuesday, one day after filing the landmark series of lawsuits, RIAA president Cary Sherman cautioned the US Senate that Kazaa could be a tool for adults to lure children into having sex. Sherman's remarks to the Senate Judiciary committee, which...
[September 10, 2003, 10:30]
US Anti-spyware Bill Rises From The Ashes
News The US Congress didn't quite get around to approving an anti-spyware bill last year - such a bill died while awaiting a Senate floor vote. Now members of the Senate Commerce Committee are promising to avoid a repeat of last year's lapse.
[May 12, 2005, 9:35]
