Yet again American law makers show the world that they just don't understand the intarweb. I can't believe they're wasting their time on idiotic, unenforceable crap like this. I mean, 20 years in prison for a misleading [a href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_tag"]META tag[/a]?
I'm going to have start committing crimes with lighter punishments, like murder and rape.
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would make it a [a href="vny!://news.com.com/Congress+spanks+naughty+sex+sites/2100-1028_3-6098325.html?tag=nefd.top"]federal felony for Webmasters to use innocent words[/a] 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.[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]
SEC. 703. DECEPTION BY emb edDED WORDS OR IMAGES.
(a) In General- Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2252B the following:
`Sec. 2252C. Misleading words or digital images on the Internet
`(a) In General- Whoever knowingly emb eds words or digital images into the source code of a website with the intent to deceive a person into viewing material constituting obscenity shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not more than 10 years.
`(b) Minors- Whoever knowingly emb eds words or digital images into the source code of a website with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material harmful to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not more than 20 years.
`(c) Construction- For the purposes of this section, a word or digital image that clearly indicates the sexual content of the site, such as `sex' or `porn', is not misleading.
`(d) Definitions- As used in this section--
`(1) the terms `material that is harmful to minors' and `sex' have the meaning given such terms in section 2252B; and
`(2) the term `source code' means the combination of text and other characters comprising the content, both viewable and nonviewable, of a web page, including any website publishing language, programming language, protocol or functional content, as well as any successor languages or protocols.'.
(b) Table of Sections- The table of sections for chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2252B the following:
`2252C. Misleading words or digital images on the Internet.'.
