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Anheuser-Busch Under Fire for Web Site

Friday, February 16, 2007 9:26:15 PM
By BETSY TAYLOR

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Twenty-three attorneys general have written to Anheuser-Busch Cos., asking the brewer for better tools to make sure underaged viewers aren't accessing its new Bud.TV site.

The Web site launched earlier this month after the Super Bowl broadcast and streams beer-themed shows, sports events and musical acts 24-hours a day on the Internet.

In the letter the attorneys general "strongly encourage" Anheuser-Busch use a more effective age-verification tool. While Bud.TV asks for a name, zip code and birth date to check public records and verify the user's age, the attorneys general said that any underage youth who knows basic information about an adult could plug it in to access the site.


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