Senators OK triple fines for ignoring Net child porn

SENATORS OK TRIPLE FINES FOR IGNORING NET CHILD PORN
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache]
A bill unanimously approved by the Senate Commerce Committee would slap steeper fines on Internet service providers that fail to alert authorities when they obtain knowledge of child pornography on their servers. Federal law already requires ISPs to file such reports "as soon as reasonably possible" to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Cyber Tipline--although they're not required to proactively search for the illegal images. The Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act would triple the fines for failure to comply with the current law--rising to up to $150,000 for the first offense and up to $300,000 for each subsequent violation.
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