Adam Walsh Child Protection Safety Act of 2006

[The Straight Story]

Your kid clicks on the website and the front page of the site shows a picture of Barney the purple dinosaur with a message reading, “Click on Barney's picture to see all of his latest adventures.”

Your kid clicks on the picture as directed — and is instantly transported to a website featuring hot XXX hardcore sex action of the most depraved sort imaginable.

If a website owner now tries that trick, it could soon land him up to 20 years in prison (assuming that he is in a place that could be subject to U.S. legal jurisdiction).

In July, Congress passed a law that makes it a federal felony for anyone to use misleading “words” or “images” that are intended to confuse a minor into viewing a sexually explicit website. It is all part of the “Adam Walsh Child Protection Safety Act of 2006” — one of the most extensive rewrites of federal laws concerning child pornography and sex offenders in several years.
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The law states, in part: “Whoever knowingly embeds words or digital images into the source code of a website with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material harmful to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not more than 20 years.”

This law defines the phrase “harmful to minors” as “any communication consisting of nudity, sex, or excretion, that, taken as a whole and with reference to its context-

(1) predominantly appeals to a prurient interest of minors;

(2) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole, with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and

(3) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.”

http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/viewarticle.php?cat_id=389&post=20282

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Is this that John Walsh guy...

that's pushing this crap?

[seabeyond]

2. it is wide open, .... but good for them. for us. for my kids. n/t