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Smith, William E. – 1986
News media representatives foresee a growing use of remote-sensing satellites to gather data, including data that could be used to check government claims about military and other activities occurring anywhere on the planet. The satellite technology is developing rapidly, and several nations and private corporations are involved in separate…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Communications Satellites, Conflict, Federal Regulation
Peer reviewedGibbs, Annette; Jernigan, Miriam – NASPA Journal, 1980
Examines the extent that educational institutions can regulate face-to-face solicitation. Legal decisions indicate that: (1) regulation is not aimed at commercial content; (2) legitimate college interests include student privacy and the harm posed by high pressure sales tactics; and (3) alternatives for commerical information dissemination must be…
Descriptors: Business, College Students, Court Litigation, Educational Legislation
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In October, 1998, Congress enacted the Child Online Protection Act and established the Commission on Online Child Protection (COPA) to study methods to help reduce access by minors to certain sexually explicit material, defined in the statute as harmful to minors. Congress directed the Commission to evaluate the accessibility, cost, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Child Safety, Children, Federal Legislation
2000
The appendices for the Commission on Child Online Protection (COPA) Report to Congress, October 20, 2000, include the following: Commission overview, which includes scope and timeline, original statute, amended statute, technologies and methods, and biographies of the commissioners; Commission finances; Commission meetings for the year 2000;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Child Safety, Children, Federal Legislation
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1999
The Law section of the Proceedings contains the following 10 papers: "The Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994: Does Congress Have the Constitutional Authority to Override State FOI Laws by Regulating Access to State Driver's Licenses?" (Joey Senat); "The Truth Hurts: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress as a Cause of…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Court Litigation, Electronic Mail, Federal Regulation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1981
A general introduction to computer based national information systems, and the context and basis for future studies are provided in this report. Chapter One, the introduction, summarizes computers and information systems and their relation to society, the structure of information policy issues, and public policy issues. Chapter Two describes the…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Science, Computers, Data Processing
Carter, T. Barton; And Others – 1988
Predicated on the belief that communications students are capable of understanding communications law and the processes that created it, this book examines U.S. Supreme Court opinions on the First Amendment. The book addresses the following topics: 1) the American legal system and freedom of expression (in introductory chapters); 2) defamation; 3)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advertising, Cable Television, Commercial Television
