Thursday, February 15, 2007

Senator McCain proposes surveillance of illegal images

Sen. John McCain is planning to introduce a bill that would require Internet service providers and perhaps some Web sites to alert the government of any illegal images of real or "cartoon" minors. The bill would establish a national database of illegal images that Internet service providers would use to automatically flag and report suspicious content to police. Failure to do so would be punished by criminal penalties including fines of up to $300,000.