Regulating Internet Indecency: Is a Law Limiting Access to Internet Sites Constitutionally Possible?.

Saunders, Kevin W.

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ERIC Number: EJ582780

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Publication Date: 1998

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Regulating Internet Indecency: Is a Law Limiting Access to Internet Sites Constitutionally Possible?

Saunders, Kevin W.

Update on Law-Related Education, v22 n2 p8-11 Spr-Sum 1998

Observes that, while indecent materials constitute a small percent of the materials on the World Wide Web, they have received much attention because they are easy to search out or stumble upon. Discusses legal issues surrounding the Communications Decency Act and other pending legislation for regulating the Internet. (DSK)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Children, Civics, Elementary Secondary Education, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech, Higher Education, Information Policy, Internet, Law Related Education, Obscenity, Pornography, Social Studies, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: United States Constitution

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