The comment period for the proposed regs for Section 2257 ends in just 4 days. From the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
While many of the regulations pertain to companies that produce adult entertainment magazines and videos (and are extremely burdensome), they would also affect anyone who uses an adult social-networking site. Here’s how:
- The regulations would require the people running a site to get and maintain personal information from every user (that means you) who posts a “sexually explicit†photo, including your photo ID (driver’s license, passport, or military ID).
- The regulations would allow the Attorney General to conduct warrantless searches at will on the sites’ records, including your personal information.
- There are few safeguards over what the FBI can do with the information it obtains.
- If a site operator fails to comply with the regulations, he or she would face a prison sentence of up to 5 years.
Please follow this link to their activist center, for a sample form letter and the email address to send it to. Make sure it says in the subject line: Section 2257 Docket No. CRM 104.
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