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INTERNET REGULATION: POLICING CYBERSPACEThe Internet is a method of communication and a sourceof information that is becoming more popular among those whoare interested in, and have the time to surf the informationsuperhighway. The problem with this much information beingaccessible to this many people is that some of it is deemedinappropriate for minors. The government wants censorship,but a segment of the population does not. Legislativeregulation of the Internet would be an appropriate functionThe Communications Decency Act is an amendment whichprevents the information superhighway from becoming acomputer "red light district." On June 14, 1995, by a voteof 84-16, the United States Senate passed the amendment. Itis now being brought through the House of Representatives.1The Internet is owned and operated by the government,which gives them the obligation to restrict the materialsavailable through it. Though it appears to have sprung upovernight, the inspiration of free-spirited hackers, it infact was born in Defense Department Cold War projects of the1950s.2 The United States Government owns the Internet and
If the materials are obscene, the law canforbid the use of means and facilities ofinterstate commerce and common carriers to ship ordisseminate the obscenity. "Fighting for Justice On The New Frontier. "What we are doing is simplymaking the same laws, held constitutional time and timeagain by the courts with regard to obscenity and indecencythrough the mail and telephones, applicable to theInternet. "Right now, cyberspace is like aneighborhood without a police department.
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