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Quote:The US has passed legislation which controls what website operators are allowed to put in their site meta tags. The law bans the use of words which might lead anyone to obscene content.

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act is named after a six-year-old who was abducted in 1981 and killed...

The law is designed to stop sites with potentially offensive material using meta tags to attract viewers under false pretences...

The bill is particularly targeted at those who use words that would attract children – such as the names of famous toys – in the labelling of websites containing pornography or other material deemed unsuitable for children...

full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/28/...a_tag_law/