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Lawmakers seek ways to block Net porn - deseretnews.com

Submitted by MacRonin on April 19, 2007 - 10:49pm.
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deseretnews.com | Lawmakers seek ways to block Net porn: "Utah lawmakers have tried various methods of controlling questionable Internet content, especially the availability of pornography to children.

Little has been successful.

But a legislative committee studying the issue this spring and summer heard Wednesday about some real-world alternatives that Utah lawmakers can adopt.

Local Internet providers, like locally based XMission, have raised concerns about state legislators trying to control a medium that answers to Congress and is protected by constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and interstate commerce.

But those advocating controls told lawmakers there are ways to restrict access to child pornography -- already illegal in the United States -- and keep minors from accessing adult-only-legal sexually explicit Web sites.

Among the proposals were penalizing those who leave their wireless networks open and rewarding Internet providers that self-police access to pornography.

The discussion in the Public Utilities and Technology Interim Study Committee was often technical, with committee members having to be brought up to speed on various terms and applications."

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