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Rep. Wants Child Modeling Site Ban Sun Sep 15, 1:28 PM ET By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer The photos on the Web sites portray no nudity and no sex, yet men by the thousands pay to ogle them — shots of preteen girls posing in bikinis and halter tops. Defended as free speech by some, such pictures are being blasted as a 'fix for pedophiles' by a congressman who is waging an uphill campaign to banish them from the Internet. The pool of photos is growing 'at an unabated pace,' said U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla. Foley has authored a bill, now before the House Judiciary Committee intended to shut down the Web sites by outlawing 'exploitive child modeling.' Even he concedes, however, that the measure has potential loopholes, and anti-censorship groups say it would likely be struck down as an unconstitutional infringement of free expression. 'It's doomed from the start,' said Garry Daniels of the National Coalition Against Censorship. At Florida-based Webe Web Corp., which runs one of the largest networks of child-modeling sites, co-founder Marc Greenberg says he can't vouch for the motives of his customers. But he insists that no child featured on his sites has suffered any physical harm. 'If I said pedophiles are definitely not looking at these sites, that would be a crock,' Greenberg said by phone from his Fort Lauderdale office. 'But the majority of people looking at them are not bad people. ... If it's within the law and people want to do it, more power to them.' Greenberg said the girls featured on Webe Web sites wear outfits that could be bought at a typical mall and seen at a public beach or backyard picnic. Critics counter the pictures and videos of girls in swimsuits, leotards and sleepwear are intended to be erotic even while complying with anti-pornography laws. Webe Web subscribers, who pay about $20 monthly, are not able to chat online with the models or e-mail them directly, Greenberg said. Foley contends some sites do
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