Bono Introduces Spyware Legislation:
U.S. Rep. Mary Bono (R.-Calif.) has introduced legislation requiring companies using "spyware" to inform computer users of their intent to install the invasive software and to obtain permission before loading it onto a computer. Spyware allows companies and individuals to monitor Internet activities and sometimes makes it possible to gather personally identifiable information.
Bono said H.R. 2929, the Safeguard Against Privacy Invasions Act (SPI), makes users aware of the technology before they install it on their computers. "The SPI Act helps consumers make more informed decisions about the types of tracking devices they are loading onto their PCs," Bono said. The bill is co-sponsored by Representative Edolphus Towns (D-10-NY), who said this legislation has important implications for the privacy of Internet users.
U.S. Rep. Mary Bono (R.-Calif.) has introduced legislation requiring companies using "spyware" to inform computer users of their intent to install the invasive software and to obtain permission before loading it onto a computer. Spyware allows companies and individuals to monitor Internet activities and sometimes makes it possible to gather personally identifiable information.
Bono said H.R. 2929, the Safeguard Against Privacy Invasions Act (SPI), makes users aware of the technology before they install it on their computers. "The SPI Act helps consumers make more informed decisions about the types of tracking devices they are loading onto their PCs," Bono said. The bill is co-sponsored by Representative Edolphus Towns (D-10-NY), who said this legislation has important implications for the privacy of Internet users.
P2P companies may face new scrutiny:
A bill introduce in Congress would require file-swapping companies to get parental permission before allowing minors to use their services.
The bill, called the Protecting Children from Peer-to-Peer Pornography (P4) Act and sponsored by Reps. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., and Chris John, D-La., would require the Federal Trade Commission to regulate peer-to-peer networks and take steps to ensure that children aren't accidentally coming across porn.
The bill's sponsors said as many as 40 percent of all files traded on the networks are porn.
"Our legislation gives parents the tools they need to protect their children from pornography and threats to privacy posed by peer-to-peer file-trading networks," Pitts said in a statement. "By working together to protect children, we are building a broad and bipartisan coalition."
The bill, called the Protecting Children from Peer-to-Peer Pornography (P4) Act and sponsored by Reps. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., and Chris John, D-La., would require the Federal Trade Commission to regulate peer-to-peer networks and take steps to ensure that children aren't accidentally coming across porn.
The bill's sponsors said as many as 40 percent of all files traded on the networks are porn.
"Our legislation gives parents the tools they need to protect their children from pornography and threats to privacy posed by peer-to-peer file-trading networks," Pitts said in a statement. "By working together to protect children, we are building a broad and bipartisan coalition."
Congress cracks down on P2P porn:
The U.S. Congress is targeting peer-to-peer networks again--and this time politicians aren't fretting over music and software piracy. Searching for words such as "preteen," "underage" and "incest" on the Kazaa network resulted in a slew of images that qualify as child pornography, the General Accounting Office said in a 37-page report, one of two obtained by CNET News.com. The second report, prepared by staff from the House Government Reform Committee, concluded that current blocking technology has "no, or limited, ability to block access to pornography via file-sharing programs."
The U.S. Congress is targeting peer-to-peer networks again--and this time politicians aren't fretting over music and software piracy. Searching for words such as "preteen," "underage" and "incest" on the Kazaa network resulted in a slew of images that qualify as child pornography, the General Accounting Office said in a 37-page report, one of two obtained by CNET News.com. The second report, prepared by staff from the House Government Reform Committee, concluded that current blocking technology has "no, or limited, ability to block access to pornography via file-sharing programs."
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