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Censorship And The Internet
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. (United States Constitution) So reads the first amendment. Does this apply to the Internet? Why should it not? In February of 1996, congress did indeed test this over 200 year-old document in passing the Communications Decency Act (ACLU, Cyberspace Rights). The United States government is attempting to limit the Internet, through censorship, regulations, and Supreme Court rulings. One of the drawing features of the young Internet was its freedom. It's "...a rare example of a true, modern, functional anarchy...there are no official censors, no bosses, no board of directors, no stockholders" (Sterling). It's an open forum where anyone can say anything, and the only thing holding them back is their own conscience. This lawless atmosphere bothered many people, including Nebraska Senator James Exon. Exon proposed in July, 1994 that an amendment be added to the Telecommunications Reform Bill to regulate content on the Internet. His proposal was rejected at the time, but after persistence and increased support, his proposal evolved into the Communications Decency Act (CDA), part of the 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act (Friedrich). Exon approached the Senate with a handful of pornographic images which he downloaded from the Internet. His worry was that children under 18 also had access to these images, which he thought to be "indecent." The term "indecent" is a notoriously vague term which lawmakers love to use. The word means something different from community to community, and what some parents disallow their children to say or hear is often completely different than others. This ambiguity creates a serious loophole in the Communications Decency Act, which ... Please login to view comments from other users.
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