FIC Blog

S.B. 46–a bill that would create a child protection registry to help parents and schools stop unsolicited sexually oriented messages targeted at children’s e-mail, cellphones, pagers and faxes–was referred favorably to the Judiciary Committee yesterday. The phone calls and e-mails of FIC members helped secure the support of Public Health, the committee where the bill first appeared and where hearings were held. 

The pornography industry is furious about the progress of this bill. In an “Open Letter to CT Lawmakers” dripping with vitriol, one former online direct marketer tells our state lawmakers that they are “stupid” if they do not vote his way.

If [Unspam CEO Matthew] Prince gets his way, all legal, adult-oriented content will be priced out of e-mail.

As FIC members have already proved in the Public Health Committee, the voices of parents who want to protect their children hold more weight than what direct marketers hawking pornography and other “adult” products have to say. You can add your voice to those parents by clicking here to send an e-mail to Judiciary Committee members and your own state representative and senator asking them to vote “yes” on S.B. 46.