US Senators call for universal Internet filtering | Press Esc

PressEsc tells us that –

US senators today made a bipartisan call for the universal implementation of filtering and monitoring technologies on the Internet in order to protect children at the end of a Senate hearing for which civil liberties groups were not invited.

Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) both argued that Internet was a dangerous place where parents alone will not be able to protect their children.

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Right. So are schools. And what’s even worse, kids can pick up all sorts of funny ideas at school. Not to mention meeting members of the opposite sex, or – heaven forbid – of the same sex. Burn them all!

I prefer the Chinese model.  At least they’re honest and upfront about it.