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Montgomery County, Pa., Judge Orders WorldCom to Block Porn Sites.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2002
By Charles Thompson, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 19--A Montgomery County judge yesterday ordered WorldCom Inc. to block access to five child pornography Web sites by its Pennsylvania customers.
The order, issued by Judge Lawrence Brown, is the first of its kind under a law that was sponsored by Rep. Ron Buxton, D-Harrisburg, and signed by Gov. Mark Schweiker in February.
The state Attorney General's Office -- charged with primary enforcement of the act -- noted more than 200 sites containing child pornography have already been voluntarily disabled through cooperative agreements with Internet service providers.
WorldCom is the first to balk at voluntary compliance, said Sean...
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