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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Canadian online porongraphy site is being fined $2,500 under Utah's seven-month-old Child Protection Registry law. It's the first time the Utah Division of Consumer Protection has issued a fine under the law.
The site, whose name itself contains an expletive, sent a sexually explicit message to an e-mail address registered as accessible to a minor.
Under state law, adult-oriented Web sites and e-mailers are required to screen out registered addresses from their distribution lists.
The registry statute provides for a maximum $2,500 fine per violation.
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