'Some will argue that this infringes on the First Amendment. 2791, states that 'an interactive computer service may not provide an account or otherwise provide for the use of any information service, system, or access software of such service to a sexually violent predator,' and imposes a fine on ISPs of US$5,000 for each day that a registered sex offender uses their services to get online.
On Friday, Representative Marge Roukema (R-New Jersey) and Senator Lauch Faircloth (R-North Carolina) introduced a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934, to ban ISPs from granting Internet access to convicted sex offenders.
