By Anastasia Tubanos, theWHIR.com
October 14, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A new child protection bill being pushed by one of the more vocal hosting providers in the industry, Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com), was signed on Tuesday by President George W. Bush, almost a month after it was passed in the Senate.
Known as the “Protect Our Children Act of 2008″ the new law prohibits sending live images of child abuse via the Internet and also authorizes money to hire FBI agents who work on child exploitation cases.
According to Go Daddy’s most recent announcement, funds will be used to develop a nationwide program to fight child exploitation on the Internet as well as provide a grant program and rally support for the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Simply put, the bi-partisan bill, which incorporates pieces of Senators McCain, Biden, Clinton’s proposed bills, will give law enforcement agencies the means to more effectively investigate online crimes against children and to prosecute online predators. From a hosting perspective, Go Daddy says it also makes it easier for it to shut down online predators who target online children.
“Go Daddy has spent considerable time working on this bi-partisan legislation – we’re very happy,” says Bob Parsons, the founder and CEO of Go Daddy. “For a bill to be approved by Democrats and Republicans, in difficult political times like these, tells you this is important.”
Aside from its political lobbying efforts, Go Daddy says it works with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on a regular basis and investigates and shuts down thousands of child pornography sites.
In November 2007, Go Daddy was vocal in the US House of Representatives’ legislation to fund public awareness and educational campaigns, create a special counsel to prosecute child exploitation, bolster the Web Crimes Against Children task force and make illegal for adults to lie about their ages online in order to lure minors for sexual conduct.
In the last few months, Go Daddy’s lobbying efforts have extended beyond the fight to keep children safe on the Internet. In June, the domain registrar announced that it was urging US Congress to accept legislation to stop online pharmacies from selling controlled drugs without a valid prescription.
Last month, Go Daddy reported Congress was in the final stages of passing the bill.
Although Go Daddy is known by many for its racy Super Bowl advertising, the company says it is “strictly business when it comes to keeping the Internet safe for everyone,” and is evidently effective in its lobbying efforts and working with law enforcement officials to “preserve the integrity of the Internet.”
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