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DEL.ICIO.USSenate bill aims to shield children from adult Web content
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Senate Republican wants to protect the e-mail addresses of children from Internet predators and spammers with a bill called the “Georgia Child, Family, and School Communications Protection Act.�
The measure, announced by Sen. Greg Goggans (R-Douglas) on Thursday morning, would establish a registry for parents and schools to register children’s e-mail addresses in order to protect them from inappropriate or adult content.
Senate Bill 425 would direct the Department of Family and Children Services to establish the Georgia Child, Family, and School Communications Protection Service. The service would set up procedures to prevent the use or disclosure of e-mail addresses and instant messenger IDs.
“I am very concerned that in this age of technology that it has become too easy for spammers and predators to bombard children with inappropriate adult content,� Goggans said.
Parents, guardians or schools would register the e-mail addresses of minors. A person or business would be prohibited from sending a registered child any message that advertises a product or contains content that a children are prohibited from purchasing or viewing.
A person who violates the law, if approved, would be found guilty of a computer crime and a felony punishable by incarceration up to five years or a fine not to exceed $200,000, or both.
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