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Re: Utah considers law to mandate ISP's block "harmful" sites

  • From: Roy Engehausen
  • Date: Fri Mar 04 11:04:13 2005

You missed a very important line in the article:

"Internet providers in Utah must offer their customers a way to disable access to sites on the list or face felony charges."

In other words you must provide a mechanism for a customer to "opt-in" to a filter. Doesn't sound illegal to force an ISP to provide a feature.

Roy

Christopher L. Morrow wrote:

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:


"The Utah governor is deciding whether to sign a
bill that would require Internet providers to block
Web sites deemed pornographic and that could also
target e-mail providers and search engines."

http://news.com.com/Utah+governor+weighs+antiporn+proposal/2100-1028_3-5598912.html?tag=nefd.top

Someone might consider pointing them to the law from the state of PA that
did similar things... Then point them at the overturning of that law.