Recently Introduced Legislation

SENATOR TO PROPOSE SURVEILLANCE OF ILLEGAL IMAGES
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh]
A forthcoming bill in the U.S. Senate lays the groundwork for a national database of illegal images that Internet service providers would use to automatically flag and report suspicious content to police. The proposal, which Sen. John McCain is planning to introduce on Wednesday, also would require ISPs and perhaps some Web sites to alert the government of any illegal images of real or "cartoon" minors. Failure to do would be punished by criminal penalties including fines of up to $300,000.
http://news.com.com/Senator+to+propose+surveillance+of+illegal+images/21...

GOP REVIVES ISP-TRACKING LEGISLATION
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com 2/6, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh]
All Internet service providers would need to track their customers' online activities to aid police in future investigations under legislation introduced Tuesday as part of a Republican "law and order agenda." Employees of any Internet provider who fail to store that information face fines and prison terms of up to one year, the bill says. The U.S. Justice Department could order the companies to store those records forever.
http://news.com.com/GOP+revives+ISP-tracking+legislation/2100-1028_3-615...

BILL WOULD EXTEND CAMPAIGN SPEECH IDs
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Reps David Price (D-NC) and Michael Castle (R-Delaware) have introduced a bill that would extend the "stand by your ad" provisions in campaign speech law to the Internet and automated campaign phone calls. The provision, which applies to radio and TV, is the one that requires that tag line: "I am [candidates name here] and I approve this advertisement" --or something similar--to be placed on TV and radio spots for political candidates. Meredith McGehee of the Campaign Legal Center applauded the introduction of the bill, which is titled the Responsible Campaign Communications Act of 2007.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6414525.html?display=Breaking...