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Article: Pennsylvania Governor Ridge Signs Bill to Help Parents Protect Children From Sexually Explicit Electronic Advertisements.
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- June 13, 2000
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HARRISBURG, Pa., June 13 /PRNewswire/ --
Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge today signed into law Senate Bill 262, to help parents protect their children from unsolicited, sexually explicit electronic advertisements, through a warning on an ad's subject line.
SB 262, sponsored by Sen. Melissa A. Hart (R-Allegheny), passed the House and Senate unanimously. It takes effect in 60 days.
Sexually explicit electronic advertisements can be widely circulated to individual e-mail accounts. Proponents of the bill are concerned that young children logging on to a family computer could be exposed to these ads and led to obscene websites.
"Over the last several ...