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(CNSNews.com) - A Florida Republican congressman introduced a bill Wednesday to prohibit so-called online "child modeling" websites that he says are "nothing more than a fix for pedophiles." "They don't sell products, they don't sell services - all they serve are young children on a platter for America's most depraved. These sites sell child erotica and they should be banned," said Rep. Mark Foley, co-chairman of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, in a statement. The websites feature children as young as four- to six-years-old, Foley said, and cause "immense psychological damage to the children" as well as placing...

Actor Pleads No Contest to Porn Charge LOS ANGELES - Actor Jeffrey Jones (news), who played the high school principal in the 1980s comedy "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," pleaded no contest Tuesday to a felony charge of employing a 14-year-old boy to pose for sexually explicit photos. Jones was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to register as a sex offender and undergo counseling. A misdemeanor charge of possession or control of child pornography was dropped. "I'm sorry that this incident was allowed to occur. Such an event has never happened before and it will never happen again,"...

HR 4667 IH 107th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4667To protect children from exploitive child modeling, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 7, 2002 Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. REYES, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. WAMP, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CAMP, Mr. WICKER, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. DELAY, and Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the...