The prime target of the protest is the Communications Decency Act , the part of the telecom bill that would outlaw the transmission of sexually explicit materials to minors.
At the core of the protest ultimately is the fact that some people dislike the notion of a monthly bill in order to be able to use a piece of software.
Peter Edelman, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services who resigned in protest over last year's welfare bill, has written a searing indictment of welfare reform in the current issue of Atlantic Monthly.