Online Casinos and the Internet Enter Politics
It definitely isn’t news in the United States that the government has become
concerned with the internet and begun to impose regulations and restrictions on
Americans. In fact, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) made
international headlines. But it looks as though that anti-online casinos
legislation was only the beginning. And if motions and bills continue in the
government, online casino gambling and the internet could very well become a hot
topic in the 2008 Presidential Election.
Presidential candidate Barack Obama appears to have already shown his position
on the internet with a recent push to begin policing the internet. To coincide
with National Awareness Month (June), the Senate Resolution 205 outlines an
imperative that American children, parents, and citizens need to be informed of
the dangers of the internet, specifically the threat posed to those under 18 –
this ranges from online casino gambling to pornography to simply the global
internet neighborhood.
But this just doesn’t sit well with the Internet Media Entertainment and Gaming
Association (IMEGA) which is most notably fighting the current U.S. legislation
blocking foreign based online casinos from accessing U.S. players. IMEGA is now
also taking a stand against the fact that the media has failed to report and
make the public aware that Obama supports Internet policing.
Though the Senate does not state any specific course of action, they note that
everyone from educators, to parents, to watchdog organizations should begin to
raise awareness about the internet’s potential dangers.
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