Sexual Rights

US Government Invading Your Privacy
Spying On Your Internet Activity & Invading Your Sexual Rights

It seems that many people have a variety of opinions about pornography. Some believe that it is all right and can be a healthy sexual way to be visually stimulated, some believe that it is for them only if it follows certain guidelines, and some believe that it is not all right for them, but is okay for others to view if that is what makes them happy. Still there are those who feel that porn is not appropriate for anyone and some even go further and believe it to be evil, dirty and outright disgusting no matter what type of adult entertainment it is.

In addition to the Title 18 U.S.C. § 2257 law that was passed in May 2005, the US Department of Justice is quietly attempting to put in a place another law that will violate the privacy of Americans in the name of fear by requiring Internet service providers to retain records of their customers' online activities.

Lisa S. Lawless, Ph.D., C.E.O.
HolisticWisdom.com Founder

Data retention rules could permit police to obtain records of e-mail chatter, Web browsing or chat-room activity. The DOJ is using the excuse that this would assist in better prosecuting potential terrorists or those viewing child porn.

It used to be that the Justice Department felt that data retention was unnecessary and imposed an unacceptable burden on Internet providers. The current proposal appears to originate with the Justice Department's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, which enforces federal child pornography laws. But once mandated by law, the logs likely would be mined during terrorism, copyright infringement and even routine criminal investigations.

Currently federal law called the Electronic Communication Transactional Records Act regulates data preservation. It requires Internet providers to retain any "record" in their possession for 90 days "upon the request of a governmental entity."

Trends Are Stripping Away Sexuality Rights

The US Government has been stripping away the freedoms and rights of Americans while using their fears to justify it through "security". One of the latest slew of things the government is pushing are the new .XXX domains to be used by all sites that have adult content. I believe that this will only serve to make it more difficult for adult sites to be found by consumers through future segregated search engines, but the government will be better able to monitor those who visit such domains which brings us back to the ISP record keeping intrusions on privacy.

People are often already afraid to visit adult sites. They are having a harder and harder time going to adult boutiques with their pictures being taken and published publicly these days. They have simply to turn to the Internet to try and maintain some level of privacy and autonomy... and yet, that too is being threatened.

Big brother certainly has a face in the religious right who apparently are under the impression that freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion. It is truly a war at this point between those who understand the foundation of democracy, freedom and the constitution and those who seek to violate the rights of Americans in the name of fear and control.