Lawmakers plan to block computer porn

 

Computers changed the world of porn.

Instead of slinking furtively into a bookstore with the XXX sign outside, in full view of neighbors and passersby, those with the inclination to venture into obscene images simply turn on a computer.

Except that that soon may no longer be an option in South Carolina.

ArsTechnica reports Republican state Rep. Bill Chumley of Spartanburg has a plan that lawmakers will review in the coming session.

His Human Trafficking Prevention Act would have manufacturers or sellers of computers – or anything that accesses the Internet – install “digital blocks” to prevent the viewing of obscene content.

Having that filter lifted would cost $20, he said.

Read the history of the attacks on marriage and the family, from the days of Karl Marx and Margaret Sanger to those now pushing for mandatory recognition of same-sex “marriage,” in “Takedown: From Communists to Progressives, How the Left has Sabotaged Family and Marriage.”

The technical blog suggested there could be conflicts with the First Amendment, but the bill has been sent already to the House Judiciary Committee for consideration when lawmakers meet in Columbia next month.

GoUpstate.com reported the plan would require any manufacturer or seller who didn’t want to install the systems to pay a $20 opt-out fee as well.

“If an end user buys an apparatus, a computer, and they want access to that, they would have to pay to have that filter removed,” Chumley said.

Revenue would go to the state attorney general’s office to fight human trafficking.

The report said the plan also would prohibit access to any online hub that features prostitution.

Read the history of the attacks on marriage and the family, from the days of Karl Marx and Margaret Sanger to those now pushing for mandatory recognition of same-sex “marriage,” in “Takedown: From Communists to Progressives, How the Left has Sabotaged Family and Marriage.”