Our Children Need A Porn-Free Internet Service

Our children need a porn-free Internet service

The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC,) Kevin Martin, is to be applauded for pushing a pornography-free web site for children and others who do not want to be assaulted with the absolute smut which is prevalent on the Internet today.

Chairman Martin wants the FCC to act this month, one month before he leaves office, to offer television consumers the ability to have free, pornography-free wireless Internet service.  The chairman's proposal is part of a plan to auction off a chunk of airwaves in which the winning bidder would have to set aside 25% of the airwaves for a free Internet service.  Needless to say, the wireless industry has objected to the FCC's proposed pornography filter.  The company winning the bid would have to filter out pornography and other programming material unsuitable for children. 

Christian Coalition of America played a key role in passing the "Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act" authored by Senator Sam Brownback, R-KS and Congressman Fred Upton, R-MI, which Congress overwhelmingly passed.  The bill, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush in June 2006, increased the fines for indecency violations on television and radio from $32,500 per violation to $325,000 per violation.  What Chairman Martin has proposed for the Internet is an equally outstanding proposal to prevent our children from being exposed to indecency.