And send comments to me if you have suggestions. The Senate telecommunications reform bill will now include an amendment to ban materials considered lewd and lascivious on the Internet. Some critics fear the government would become Internet police. Some senators are concerned about sexually oriented communication on the Internet, the global network of computers. An amendment to the Senate's telecommunications reform bill would ban materials considered indecent, lewd, or lascivious.
Supporters say the idea is to protect children.
NPR's John Nielsen reports. Democratic Senator James Exon of Nebraska says he marvels at the Internet. With it, people all over the world can now meet and interact, they can talk privately, they can talk in groups, they can look at pictures, and they can sell each other information. Exon considers it the biggest advance in communications technology since the invention of the printing press. But Exon also thinks the Internet has one gigantic failing.