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Child Pornography Reporting Legislation Rejected in California

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Should tech support guys have to report any underage illicit content they find to authorities?
From Recordnet.com:

Legislation to require computer technicians to report any pornographic images of children they may stumble on while fixing a machine was rejected today by the Senate Public Safety Committee.

Sponsored by Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani, D-Stockton, the bill would have extended existing law requiring film developers to report kiddie porn to computers; with the decline in film use as digital photography becomes the mainstream, Galgiani says it only makes sense.

Arkansas, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and South Dakota already require computer techs to report illegal photos or movies, and Connecticut is also debating the issue.

After Public Safety Committee Chairwoman Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, said she opposed the bill, two of her Democratic colleagues chose not to vote on it, and the measure died 2-1-2. Sen. Dave Cogdill, a Modesto Republican who represents much of San Joaquin County, was one of the two “aye” votes.

A similar bill died in Senate Public Safety last year.

Galgiani’s bill had passed the Assembly 73-0 last month.


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I'm confused. This post has nothing to do with China at all.

Seriously, this is stupid legislation.Though I have never encountered child pornography while working on a customer's computer (B"H) and I'd like to think I would do the right thing, making me legally liable if I don't report it strikes me as stupid.

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