Posted on 07/30/2011 6:43:38 PM PDT by BfloGuy
Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted 19-10 for H.R. 1981, a data-retention bill that will require your ISP to spy on everything you do online and save records of it for 12 months. California Rep Zoe Lofgren, one of the Democrats who opposed the bill, called it a “data bank of every digital act by every American” that would “let us find out where every single American visited Web sites.”
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I await the first FReeper to sermonize that "if you don't do anything wrong, you've nothing to worry about."
They don't understand that almost everything we do is being made wrong.
It’s a committee vote.
ditto.
Hey John....somebody’s muscling in on your action...(I hope)
Zoe probably has a shit load of incriminating data.
If this passes the house & senate we are screwed.
It will mean, IMHO that the elected elite truly believe they are our masters...on both sides of the isle.
Chilling.
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
-Ayn Rand
Republicans tend to completely lack understanding of the internet and internet privacy issues. They tend to just instinctively default to what they view as the law and order position without really understanding the issues.
Democrats aren’t usually any better on this either. They are more in tune with the youth techie crowd on some things, but they are so beholden to the entertainment industry that they end up being toadies for the RIAA and MPAA.
These committee people are exactly the kind that should be run out of our country as being unamerican.
Such a bill would deny Americans 1st amendment rights, and also inpoose 4th amendment prohibited search by any government agency that had a whim. Its horrible.
Who is on this committee. NAME THEM AND POST THEIR PHOTOS. I want to know who each one of them is.
Beginning of text dump of bill
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A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to
child pornography and child exploitation offenses.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Children
5 From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011’’.
6 SEC. 2. FINANCIAL FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO CHILD
7 PORNOGRAPHY.
8 (a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 95 of title 18, United States
9 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘§ 1960A. Financial facilitation of access to child por2
nography
3 ‘‘Whoever knowingly conducts, or attempts or con4
spires to conduct, a financial transaction (as defined in
5 section 1956(c)) in or affecting interstate or foreign com6
merce, knowing that such transaction will facilitate access
7 to, or the possession of, child pornography (as defined in
8 section 2256) shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
9 not more than 20 years, or both.’’.
10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
11 at the beginning of chapter 95 of title 18, United States
12 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
13 item:
‘‘1960A. Financial facilitation of access to child pornography.’’.
14 SEC. 3. MONEY LAUNDERING PREDICATE.
15 Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States
16 Code, is amended—
17 (1) by inserting ‘‘1466A (relating to obscene
18 visual representation of the abuse of children),’’ be19
fore ‘‘section 1708’’;
20 (2) by inserting ‘‘1960A (relating to financial
21 facilitation of access to child pornography),’’ before
22 ‘‘section 2113’’; and
23 (3) by inserting ‘‘2260A (relating to increased
24 penalties for registered sex offenders),’’ before ‘‘sec25
tion 2280’’.
1 SEC. 4. RETENTION OF CERTAIN RECORDS BY ELECTRONIC
2 COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS.
3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2703 of title 18, United
4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5
lowing:
6 ‘‘(h) RETENTION OF CERTAIN RECORDS.—A pro7
vider of an electronic communication service or remote
8 computing service shall retain for a period of at least 18
9 months the temporarily assigned network addresses the
10 service assigns to each account, unless that address is
11 transmitted by radio communication (as defined in section
12 3 of the Communications Act of 1934).’’.
13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14
gress that records retained pursuant to section 2703(h)
15 of title 18, United States Code, should be stored securely
16 to protect customer privacy and prevent against breaches
17 of the records.
18 SEC. 5. NO CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST A PROVIDER DIS19
CLOSING INFORMATION UNDER THIS CHAP20
TER.
21 Section 2703(e) of title 18, United States Code, is
22 amended by inserting ‘‘retaining records or’’ after ‘‘other
23 specified persons for’’.
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1 SEC. 6. GOOD FAITH RELIANCE ON REQUIREMENT.
2 Section 2707(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code,
3 is amended by inserting ‘‘, or the requirement to retain
4 records under section 2703(h),’’ after ‘‘section 2703(f)’’.
5 SEC. 7. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.
6 Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is
7 amended—
8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
9 the end;
10 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
11 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
12 (3) by adding at the end the following:
13 ‘‘(C) issue administrative subpoenas in accord14
ance with section 3486 of title 18, solely for the pur15
pose of investigating unregistered sex offenders (as
16 defined in such section 3486).’’.
I wish FR would enable SSL (https). It’s not expensive to do, it doesn’t take a lot of resources. There are a lot of people in less free countries that visit FR.
When you set up an SSL connection, the URL cannot be read by anyone except you and the server you’re speaking with. Just which server you connected to, that’s all anyone can see.
If we don’t need that in America yet then when? 5 years? 10?
And this is the republican House. Putting through the big government nanny state with laws just like Europe got 5-10 years ago, and we derided then. And now, once again, they implement the same Euro-style control.
17 SEC. 8. PROTECTION OF CHILD WITNESSES.
18 Section 1514 of title 18, United States Code, is
19 amended—
20 (1) in subsection (b)—
21 (A) in paragraph (1)—
22 (i) by inserting ‘‘or its own motion,’’
23 after ‘‘attorney for the Government,’’; and
24 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or investigation’’
25 after ‘‘Federal criminal case’’ each place it
26 appears;
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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3),
2 and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec3
tively;
4 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the
5 following:
6 ‘‘(2) In the case of a minor witness or victim, the
7 court shall issue a protective order prohibiting harassment
8 or intimidation of the minor victim or witness if the court
9 finds evidence that the conduct at issue is reasonably like10
ly to adversely affect the willingness of the minor witness
11 or victim to testify or otherwise participate in the Federal
12 criminal case or investigation. Any hearing regarding a
13 protective order under this paragraph shall be conducted
14 in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (3), except that
15 the court may issue an ex parte emergency protective
16 order in advance of a hearing if exigent circumstances are
17 present. If such an ex parte order is applied for or issued,
18 the court shall hold a hearing not later than 14 days after
19 the date such order was applied for or is issued.’’;
20 (D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated,
21 by striking ‘‘(and not by reference to the com22
plaint or other document)’’; and
23 (E) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated,
24 in the second sentence, by inserting before the
25 period at the end the following: ‘‘, except that
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1 in the case of a minor victim or witness, the
2 court may order that such protective order ex3
pires on the later of 3 years after the date of
4 issuance or the date of the eighteenth birthday
5 of that minor victim or witness’’; and
6 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
7 following:
8 ‘‘(c) Whoever knowingly and intentionally violates or
9 attempts to violate an order issued under this section shall
10 be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5
11 years, or both.
12 ‘‘(d)(1) As used in this section—
13 ‘‘(A) the term ‘course of conduct’ means a se14
ries of acts over a period of time, however short, in15
dicating a continuity of purpose;
16 ‘‘(B) the term ‘harassment’ means a serious act
17 or course of conduct directed at a specific person
18 that—
19 ‘‘(i) causes substantial emotional distress
20 in such person; and
21 ‘‘(ii) serves no legitimate purpose;
22 ‘‘(C) the term ‘immediate family member’ has
23 the meaning given that term in section 115 and in24
cludes grandchildren;
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1 ‘‘(D) the term ‘intimidation’ means a serious
2 act or course of conduct directed at a specific person
3 that—
4 ‘‘(i) causes fear or apprehension in such
5 person; and
6 ‘‘(ii) serves no legitimate purpose;
7 ‘‘(E) the term ‘restricted personal information’
8 has the meaning give that term in section 119;
9 ‘‘(F) the term ‘serious act’ means a single act
10 of threatening, retaliatory, harassing, or violent con11
duct that is reasonably likely to influence the will12
ingness of a victim or witness to testify or partici13
pate in a Federal criminal case or investigation; and
14 ‘‘(G) the term ‘specific person’ means a victim
15 or witness in a Federal criminal case or investiga16
tion, and includes an immediate family member of
17 such a victim or witness.
18 ‘‘(2) For purposes of subparagraphs (B)(ii) and
19 (D)(ii) of paragraph (1), a court shall presume, subject
20 to rebuttal by the person, that the distribution or publica21
tion using the Internet of a photograph of, or restricted
22 personal information regarding, a specific person serves
23 no legitimate purpose, unless that use is authorized by
24 that specific person, is for news reporting purposes, is de25
signed to locate that specific person (who has been re-
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1 ported to law enforcement as a missing person), or is part
2 of a government-authorized effort to locate a fugitive or
3 person of interest in a criminal, antiterrorism, or national
4 security investigation.’’.
5 SEC. 9. SENTENCING GUIDELINES.
6 Pursuant to its authority under section 994 of title
7 28, United States Code, and in accordance with this sec8
tion, the United States Sentencing Commission shall re9
view and amend the Federal sentencing guidelines and
10 policy statements to ensure—
11 (1) that the guidelines provide an additional
12 penalty increase of up to 8 offense levels, if appro13
priate, above the sentence otherwise applicable in
14 Part J of the Guidelines Manual if the defendant
15 was convicted of a violation of section 1591 of title
16 18, United States Code, or chapters 109A, 109B,
17 110 or 117 of title 18, United States Code; and
18 (2) if the offense described in paragraph (1) in19
volved causing or threatening to cause physical in20
jury to a person under 18 years of age, in order to
21 obstruct the administration of justice, an additional
22 penalty increase of up to 12 levels, if appropriate,
23 above the sentence otherwise applicable in Part J of
24 the Guidelines Manual.
1 SEC. 10. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR POSSESSION OF
2 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
3 (a) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO MATERIAL
4 INVOLVING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS.—
5 Section 2252(b)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is
6 amended by inserting after ‘‘but if’’ the following: ‘‘any
7 visual depiction involved in the offense involved a pre8
pubescent minor or a minor who had not attained 12 years
9 of age, such person shall be fined under this title and im10
prisoned for not more than 20 years, or if’’.
11 (b) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO MATERIAL
12 CONSTITUTING OR CONTAINING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.—
13 Section 2252A(b)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is
14 amended by inserting after ‘‘but, if’’ the following: ‘‘any
15 image of child pornography involved in the offense in16
volved a prepubescent minor or a minor who had not at17
tained 12 years of age, such person shall be fined under
18 this title and imprisoned for more than 20 years, or if’’.
19 SEC. 11. ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS.
20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3486(a)(1) of title 18,
21 United States Code, is amended—
22 (1) in subparagraph (A)—
23 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
24 end;
25 (B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause
26 (iii); and
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1 (C) by inserting after clause (i) the fol2
lowing:
3 ‘‘(ii) an unregistered sex offender conducted by
4 the United States Marshals Service, the Director of
5 the United States Marshals Service; or’’; and
6 (2) in subparagraph (D)—
7 (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph, the term’’ and
8 inserting the following: ‘‘paragraph—
9 ‘‘(i) the term’’;
10 (B) by striking the period at the end and
11 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
12 (C) by adding at the end the following:
13 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘sex offender’ means an indi14
vidual required to register under the Sex Offender
15 Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16901
16 et seq.).’’.
17 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
18 Section 3486(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amend19
ed—
20 (1) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘United
21 State’’ and inserting ‘‘United States’’;
22 (2) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘(1)(A)(ii)’’
23 and inserting ‘‘(1)(A)(iii)’’; and
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1 (3) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘paragraph
2 (1)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(iii)’’.
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So we have to have porn in tax payer funded libraries because of free speech. Activity which isn’t logged.
But this is ok?
Passing a law, and then enforcing it, are two different exersizes.
/johnny
Use a VPN server overseas, in a jurisdiction that ignores the US Government. Works great - it’s just a stream of random garbage to everyone else...
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