Elizabeth Smart wants her name removed from anti-porn bill

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press Updated 2:08 pm, Monday, March 26, 2018

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A proposal targeting online pornography and human trafficking billed as the "Elizabeth Smart Law" has grabbed headlines around the country for its unusual approach: require a filter which can be lifted with a $20 fee.

But Smart, who was kidnapped from her Utah home as a teenager in 2002, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to demand her name be removed from it.

And the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, an anti-pornography advocacy group, demanded last year that the man behind the legislation, Chris Sevier, stop claiming it supported his work.

Despite those issues, constitutional concerns raised by groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, and a history of outlandish lawsuits from Sevier including trying to marry his computer as a statement against same-sex marriage, similar bills pushed by Sevier keep popping up in state legislatures.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/man-marry-laptop-sevier-elizabeth-smart-anti-porn-12782042.php

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1. This guy is pond scum....

Lawyer and amateur model sues Apple for failing to protect him from porn when he accidentally typed 'F***book' saying it made him fancy X-rated actresses more than his wife

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2362327/Chris-Sevier-lawsuit-Lawyer-amateur-model-sues-Apple-failing-protect-porn.html

Chris Sevier, 36, claims the supposedly innocent spelling mistake resulted in him viewing a plethora of pornographic images
He says the images 'appealed to his biological sensibilities as a male and lead to an unwanted addiction' that 'poisoned his life'
Sevier claims all Apple products should have a pre-installed porn filter
On June 25, he was charged with stalking country music star John Rich
He allegedly sent singer a picture of himself scantily clad in an American flag covered in a substance 'believed to be representing blood'

By Helen Pow

Published: 16:41 EDT, 12 July 2013 | Updated: 06:16 EDT, 8 May 2014



Lawsuit: Chris Sevier, 36, pictured, filed a 50-page complaint in federal court last month blaming Apple for letting his access porn

A married Nashville lawyer and amateur model is suing Apple claiming the tech giant should have blocked him from accessing porn when he, apparently by accident, typed 'F***book.com instead of Facebook into Google.

Chris Sevier, 36, filed a 50-page complaint in federal court last month claiming the supposedly innocent spelling mistake resulted in him viewing a plethora of pornographic images that 'appealed to his biological sensibilities as a male and lead to an unwanted addiction,' which then 'poisoned his life' and ruined his marriage.

Sevier, an army veteran who on a Model Mayhem profile lists his age as 26, states in the suit that Apple should sell all products with an installed porn-filter. He is seeking damages from the company.

'The Plaintiff is a victim of Apple's product that was sold to him without any warning of the damage the pornography causes,' the suit reads.

'In using safari, the Plaintiff accidentally misspelled "facebook.com" which lead him to "f***book.com" and a host of web sites that caused him to see pornographic images that appealed to his biological sensibilities as a male and lead to an unwanted addiction with adverse consequences.'

He added: 'But for the Plaintiff's use of the Apple product, the quality of the Plaintiff's life would have been much better and injury would have been avoided.'

Servier goes on in the complaint to allege 'unfair competition' between the porn stars and his wife, brought about by his use of the Apple product, and thus 'interference of the marital contract.'

Servier, pictured, goes on in the complaint to allege 'unfair competition' between the porn stars and his wife, brought about by his use of the Apple product, and thus 'interference of the marital contract'

'The Plaintiff became totally out of synch (sic) in his romantic relationship with his wife, which was a consequence of his use of his Apple product,' the complaint reads, according to Abovethelaw.com.

'The Plaintiff began desiring, younger more beautiful girls featured in porn videos than his wife, who was no longer 21.'


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There's more, this is an icky person.

[central scrutinizer]

2. Thanks for posting this

Explains why he wanted to marry his computer.

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3. "Unfortunately he's exploiting the tragedy of human trafficking for what seems to be a crusade agai

...."I am not quite sure whether legislators really fully understand the nanny state this bill would create," said Dave Maass, of EFF. "Now what I find fascinating is I just don't understand how (Sevier) is pulling this off, like how he's convincing so many people to introduce this bill."

Maass said he wonders whether the bill is a publicity stunt rather than a real attempt to pass legislation.

"Unfortunately he's exploiting the tragedy of human trafficking for what seems to be a crusade against pornography," Maass said.

In Rhode Island, Democratic Sen. Frank Ciccone, explained his sponsorship of the bill, saying the internet "can be a harmful and dangerous environment for our children."

"Our kids now have easy access to materials that no child should be viewing, such as pornography and other highly offensive or disturbing material," he said in a news release.

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4. Life on the bottom of the third rock from the Sun.

[psychopomp]

5. What Sen. Ciccone said is absolutely true

If anybody has children, they cannot help but be concerned about what their kids will be exposed to at a very young age. Kids looking at porn on the web is nothing like what was in, say, "dirty magazines" that kids might have stumbled onto in the days before the Internet. There is a plethora of foulness young kids can be exposed to and something needs to be done to protect them.