Finally – Democrats begin to figure out this issue…but they just couldn’t resist squeezing money from companies in the process. From the AP:

Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed with New York state officials to block access to child pornography.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the Internet service providers will block child pornography newsgroups and eliminate the material from their servers.

The companies will also pay $1.125 million to help fund efforts to remove child porn from the Internet.

The agreements follow an undercover investigation of child porn newsgroups and will affect customers nationwide.

Cuomo said in a prepared statement that his investigation of other service providers is continuing.

“Online child pornography represents one of the worst abuses of the Internet,” said Time Warner Cable Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics Officer Jeff Zimmerman. He said Time Warner Cable is removing newsgroups from its service.

“By shutting down offending newsgroups and contributing to funds that will combat child pornography online, we are working to remove this content permanently,” said Verizon Deputy General Counsel Tom Dailey.

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