On March 8, 2005, Republican Mark Foley introduced
H.R. 1142, the "Child Modelling Exploitation Prevention Act", which would ban internet sites that depict models
age 16 and under for purposes other than selling a product.
March 09, 2005
(CNSNews.com) - A Florida Republican congressman introduced a bill Wednesday to prohibit so-called online "child modeling" websites that he says are "nothing more than a fix for *pedophiles.*"
"They don't sell products, they don't sell services - all they serve are young children on a platter for America's most depraved. These sites sell child erotica and they should be banned," said Rep. Mark Foley, co-chairman of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, in a statement.
The websites cause "immense psychological damage to the children" as well as placing them in "physical danger when contact is made with the people who visit their sites."
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The article goes on to note: "[Foley] said pedophiles who pay to see photos and video clips of the children in sexually suggestive poses send the children provocative clothing and bathing suits to 'model' and talk to them via email. In extreme cases, 'parties' have been held in hotel rooms where pedophiles can meet the children they've been viewing online in person."
OK -- here's something to ponder. It seems more than a little likely that Rep. Foley did a little, shall we say, research on this topic. How much do you want to bet he was caught and had to cook up this piece of legislation as a cover? I bet there are records of the websites he visited -- and perhaps even hotel rooms?