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Plans made to block child porn on state computers
courierpostonline.com — Legislative staff will meet this morning to discuss plans on installing software on state computers to block pornography, in light of reports that a veteran Union County assemblyman is being investigated for possessing child pornography on a computer in his legislative office.
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- JGadFly, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1...
Spokesmen for the state Office of the Attorney General, Gov. Jon S. Corzine and the Assembly Democrats all declined comment this morning. Sen. Nia Gill, D-Essex, who shares a law practice with Cohen, didn't return calls.
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Sen. Raymond Lesniak and Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, Cohen's legislative colleagues in the 20th District, issued a statement Tuesday night in which they said they had alerted authorities to the possibility Cohen had child pornography on his computer.
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Assemblyman Neil Cohen, 57, of Roselle, has served in the Legislature for more than 15 years. In 2001, he sponsored a bill to set up a hotline to report child pornography and other Internet crimes. He has also championed stem-cell research and animal-rights measures in recent years.
... - TheOtherOne135, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2So, one employee does something that is both illegal and against the state's IT policy, and the response isn't "he's fired, and anyone else who does this will be too", it's to install software on all state computers? How much will the software cost? How much will it cost to have someone install it on all computers? (Even if they've got a push-out system where they can install it once, that takes some time to set up.) How much will it slow down computers? How many websites will be blocked by mistake?
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