Congress Spanks Sex Sites

The US House of Reporesentatives approved a bill yesterday that makes it a federal felony for Webmasters to put innocent words like "Barbie" in META tags for a website that contains sexual content. The Senate has already approved the measure so it will be signed by President Bush on Thursday. Violation of the new law could land you a heafty 20 year prison sentence.

"America's children will be better protected from every parent's worst nightmare--sexual predators--thanks to passage" of the legislation, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said in a statement on Tuesday.

Better protected? Maybe. I'm not convinced this will solve many of the problems we have with sexual predators on the Internet and our children. Ultimately, parents need to monitor what your children are doing and what sites they are visiting. Even more important, do you know who they are chatting with in that chatroom? Your kids don't need to be "deceived" into finding content that is inappropriate for them, we all know there is plenty to be had.

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