True.com wants warnings on personal ads

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  • TheMob
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2003
    • 8584

    #1

    True.com wants warnings on personal ads

    News.com.com is reporting that personals company True.com is behind a push in several state legislatures to require everyone but them to include scary looking warnings above personals ads. I'm sure they're not the first, but this looks like a particularly slimy way to corner a market. And the unintended consequences look big, too: by my read of the proposed law, even Slashdot would need to include the warnings above user profile pages.

    In just a few weeks, this would sound like an April Fool's joke. I hope every legislator to whom this is being shopped is sent a copy of Declan's counter-example.

    http://news.com.com/True+love+with+a...3-5591000.html via slashdot
  • Drake
    Hello world!
    • Mar 2003
    • 12508

    #2
    I don't see that ever coming to pass. It's ridiculous.

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    • Mr.Fiction
      Confirmed User
      • Feb 2002
      • 9484

      #3
      Originally posted by Mike33
      I don't see that ever coming to pass. It's ridiculous.
      Never underestimate stupid politicians of either party.
      Don't be lazy, protect free speech: ACLU | Free Speech Coalition | EFF | IMPA

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      • ytcracker
        stc is the greatest
        • Dec 2002
        • 12403

        #4
        hmm fuking weird
        www.ytcracker.com | www.digitalgangster.com
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        • Jon2
          So Fucking Banned
          • Aug 2001
          • 2875

          #5
          Interesting read

          Jon

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