[privacy] Four Horsemen Alert: Senators OK Triple Fines for Ignoring Net Child P orn

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via the C|Net News Blog.

[snip]

A bill just approved by a U.S. Senate committee would slap steeper fines on
Internet service providers that fail to alert authorities when they obtain
knowledge of child pornography on their servers.

Federal law already requires ISPs to file such reports "as soon as
reasonably possible" to the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children's Cyber Tipline--although they're not required to proactively
search for the illegal images.

The Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, which the Senate Commerce
Committee cleared by a unanimous voice vote on Thursday afternoon, would
triple the fines for failure to comply with the current law--rising to up
to $150,000 for the first offense and up to $300,000 for each subsequent
violation.

ISPs would also have to include a variety of information in their reports
that is not required by existing law, including any relevant user IDs,
e-mail addresses, geographic information and IP addresses of the involved
person or reported content.

[snip]

More:
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9787515-7.html

Key quote:

"That information could prove a step toward reviving the push for federal
data retention requirements put forth by former Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales in recent years."

The Four Horsemen background:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/12/computer_crime_1.html

- - ferg

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