New bill would ban child modeling sites
Congressperson Mark Foley has authored a bill, now before the House Judiciary Committee, which would outlaw "exploitive child modeling," defined as "marketing the child himself or herself in lascivious positions and acts, rather than actually marketing products." The bill is designed primarily to shut down the many subscription websites that show under-18 girls posing in bikinis, leotards and such. This article quotes a civil libertarian calling the bill unconstitutional and a child abuse expert calling it unnecessary.
