Webmasters Beware
• Zealots, Crusaders, Pests
Child Protection and Safety Act, or Walsh Act may prove a problem for websites whose owners have a sense of humor. Eventually the web is going to blow one of those tubes.
I suspect this will mean the demise of jokes like the Bondage Barbie.
From the same mentality that gave us that infamously silly interpretation of teletubby Tinky Winky.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would make it a federal felony for Webmasters to use innocent words like “Barbie” or “Furby” but actually feature sexual content on their sites.
Anyone who includes misleading “words” or “images” intended to confuse a minor into viewing a possibly harmful Web site could be imprisoned for up to 20 years and fined, the bill says.