The Adam Walsh
Child Protection And Safety Act Of 2006 (also see
Update
40)
The Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act has
been signed into Law by President Bush. The law is designed to stop sites with
potentially offensive material using meta tags to attract viewers under false
pretences.
"Whoever knowingly embeds 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," says the bill.
It carries a stiffer penalty for activity aimed at children: "Whoever
knowingly embeds 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."
Full text of the bill