17 November 2006, The federal Ninth Circuit Court vacated the sentence of convicted child pornographer John Kuchinski when it found that his 70-month sentence was based on the number of images found on his computer, including more than 10,000 images found in his temporary Internet files and deleted Internet files.  Judge Fernandez explains, to hold otherwise "turns abysmal ignorance into knowledge and a less than valetudinarian [sic, nerdy] grasp into dominion and control."

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.  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.

Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona)  The Senator has proposed Stop the Online Exploitation of Our Children Act.  Millions of commercial Web-sites and even personal blogs would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000, if McCain's ill-considered gets approved in the 110th Congress in 2007.

Rep Diana DeGette (D-Colorado)  This foe of Internet rights plans on introducing a bill calling for the mandatory data retention of Internet activity in the 110th Congress.  In the 109th she voted in favor of H.R. 4411, the early House version of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.  This misguided legislator must be defeated in 2008.

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.