The operator of a website with fictional accounts of children bei...
The operator of a website with fictional accounts of children being molested was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh last week, raising concern among free speech activists. Karen Fletcher, 54, offered several text files on the now-shuttered…
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Red Rose Stories website, describing acts committed on minor girls, but no images were made available, said the 6-count indictment on obscenity charges. “I find it very troubling that a fictional account, somebody’s fantasy, could be considered a crime when there is no indication that anybody has been exploited,” said National Coalition Against Censorship Exec. Dir. Joan Bertin. Activists opposing a DoJ- written Web labeling bill have warned that it doesn’t limit label-required “sexually explicit” content to “visual” works, setting up this kind of case (WID Aug 4 p3).