“In his ongoing effort to protect children from unsolicited, harmful material on the Internet, Congressman Wamp voted for legislation that would create a child-friendly section on the World Wide Web,” said officials. This domain name, ".kids" would be free from pornography, chat-rooms and dangerous websites. The Tennessee Congressman spoke on the House floor urging all of his colleagues to support this legislation.
"The Internet is a powerful tool but it is also a very dangerous tool." said Wamp. "The 'dotKids Act' gives young people a domain for use under tight guidelines with standards for content and registration. It is like a children's section of a library where all of the material is appropriate for children under 13," said Wamp.
The bipartisan Dot Kids Act would require written standards for the new domain; written agreements with each registrar that ensures that the website is in accordance with the standards; a process for removing any content not in accordance with the standards and requirements; and written agreements with registrars to prohibit hyperlinks that take new domain users outside of the new domain
The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the federal law that would ban simulated sexual relations between minors on the Internet. Since that ruling, Wamp and other pro-family Members of Congress have been working to find other solutions to the "cancer in our culture" of illegal pornography as well as trying to stop pedophiles who use the internet to lure children.
As Congressman Wamp said on the House floor, "this is only a single step but an important step towards protecting our children from the dangers of illegal pornography."