It says that the only porn allowable would be that behind an age verification.
That's all fine and dandy, but where is this magical age verification system?
Visa has said it won't be held responsible and rightly so... they've been on a campaign to push credit cards into the hands of minors for at least 5 years now. Visa Buxx, Visa debit/credit cards with every checking account, etc.
Germany has put down a new law saying everything had to be age-verified, and came out with two means of age verification. One is an unlock device, like a USB dongle, that you purchase at the store. Your age is verified when you purchase it.
The other is a credit card scanner that hooks up to your computer and allows you to slide your card through and type in your pin number in real-time, proving you are making the purchase. (Unless of course your kid knows the pin.)
But in the US, we've got nothing like this.
It would be so freaking easy, too. Little $7 devices. No biggee. Why can't we get them on the market?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...tus_online_porn
And before folks start coming in here bitching about Bush and Ashcroft, read the article. Especially the part where it reminds you that this legislation was originally written in '96 and pushed through and signed the first time by none other than President Clinton.