CANOGA PARK, Calif. - The Free Speech Coalition has received a $10,000 pledge from Online Buddies chairman Jonathon Crutchley to help FSC in its continued fight against 2257 laws.Online Buddies, Inc. hosts the website, www.Manhunt.net, a dating site for gay men. According to Crutchley, the site has over one million registered users, about 600,000 in the United States and another 400,000 in other countries. "Each member may post as many as twelve pictures with his online profile, and keeping records of proof-of-age for millions of photographs would not be possible for us," explained Crutchley. "If this law is enforced, we'd be out of business, and our members would lose a valuable service.""We thank the folks at Online Buddies for their generous donation and commend them for their forward-thinking leadership," said Diane Duke, Free Speech Coalition Executive Director. "They not only understand the critical nature of the problem, but also have become a valuable part of the solution."
Online Buddies is one of four companies that have recently contributed to FSC's efforts to defeat 2257. The others are Adult FriendFinder, Platinum Bucks and HotMovies.com.
