Is Congress the smoking gun behind Second Life's turnaround on adult content?

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So, ever wonder what's really motivating Linden Lab's recent push to implement an Adult content rating and firm up age-verification for Second Life? How about HR110-920 FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2009?

This is an appropriations bill that covers a lot of ground, covering appropriations for a whole lot of things. Introduced on 10 December 2008, the bill specifically includes an appropriation for an investigation and report to Congress on explicit content in virtual environments and on the access to those environments by minors.

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Is Congress the smoking gun behind Second Life's turnaround on adult content? originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 09 May 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.




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