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3 May 2007, Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) introduces H.R. 2140 that would authorize the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a 12 month study of Internet gambling, assess the impact of the UIGEA's ban for the U.S., see below, examine technology used by other countries to license and regulate Internet gambling and analyze recent rulings on Internet gambling by the WTO with respect to the UIGEA.

7 February 2007, Senators Charles E. Schumer's (D-NY) and John McCain's (R-AZ), eliminating seriously objectionable aspects of the proposed bill submitted last year, introduce a revised bill to deputize ISPs and, possibly, instant messaging providers and Web-based e-mail systems to report "child pornography" and any site allowing personal profiles to screen, remove and report registered sex offenders or face confiscatory fines.

13 October 2006, President signs H.R. 4954: Security and Accountability For Every Port Act ("SAFE Port Act"), which SAFE Port Act incorporated Title VIII--Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (the 'UIGEA"). Title VIII added in conference committee. Earlier, the House passed the SAFE Port Act: ayes-421, nays-2 and not voting-9 and the Senate passed the SAFE Port Act: ayes-98, nays-0 and not voting-2.

Pre-election fall 2006, the Mark Foley "House Page Scandal" adds saliva to the legislative palate for passage of a comprehensive Internet data retention act in the 110th Congress.

27 June 2006, five major online companies announced joint initiative with National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to launch an aggressive new campaign against child exploitation on the Internet.

The Advocates seek to preserve the right of adult Americans to access all Internet content, with the sole exception of child pornography.

Parents, not the government, must be the front-line defense for their children against pornography and web-predators. See "Protect Kids on the Net"

The Advocates stress political action to educate the undecided politico and to defeat the election of any politician advocating censorship in any form. See "Law and Policy." State-directed caching of on-line activity is a prelude to future privacy invasion. Companies must develop firewalls and policies to protect user information both from Net villains and unlawful state-directed inquiries.

See new section on the pervasiveness of censorship of Community Wireless Networks, under Law and Policy, Municipalities.

All state-directed Internet filtering and surveillance practices can be defeated with available knowledge and technologies, when political action is unavailable. See "Technologies."

The Bill of Rights is being challenged by a mosaic of secret government programs and likely and enacted faulty legislation to deal with Internet child pornography and Internet gambling, respectively.

Under the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, every web-site access and every credit card, check and electronic funds transfer will be (not yet) screened then, if the site or recipient is on the government’s Internet gambling black list, selectively blocked in real time. ISPs, banks and other financial concerns will be deputized by the Justice Department to search continually and instantly for Internet gambling in every American’s Internet access and financial transaction (unlikely).

In an effort to combat child pornography, Justice Department officials in May 2006 expressed interest in legislation to compel ISPs to preserve their customers' Internet histories and e-mail and IM recipients and senders for as long as two years.

Such a voluminous database would be only one subpoena away by law enforcement agencies to data mine for possible transgressions totally unrelated to the bill's arguably legitimate, intended purpose.

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The Advocates support the goals of the NCMEC, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, which serves as a national clearinghouse for information and a resource for child protection. NCMEC's congressionally mandated CyberTipline, a reporting mechanism for child sexual exploitation, has handled nearly a half million leads. The organization received $32.6 million in tax dollars in 2005.

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