Amendment I - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. 12/15/1791. "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...

Censorship also has a negative side. Censoring certain material in the media deprives the people of information, which may be crucial to their formation of opinions. The act of censoring also violates many rights of American citizens. Numerous problems with censorship present themselves daily in e...

" Internet Rating Systems: Censors by Default" The Internet, first designed for the military and the scientific community, has grown larger and faster than anyone could have ever expected. Now being a potpourri of information, from business to entertainment, the Internet is quickly g...

" Internet Rating Systems: Censors by Default" The Internet, first designed for the military and the scientific community, has grown larger and faster than anyone could have ever expected. Now being a potpourri of information, from business to entertainment, the Internet is quickly ga...

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The Internet has been a major concern of the American people and government for the last few years with controversies over certain types of web sites displayed over the Internet including pornography, hate group web sites, "inappropriate" literature, and other various kinds of web sites. Their main...

For more than 200 years the American Constitution has served as much more than a framework of government. Our belief in the great document's guarantees of freedom, justice, and equality has come to define what it means to be an American. From 1787 to today, in times of both tragedy and triumph, Amer...

The Internet is the fastest growing and largest source of technological information. Millions of people easily access it everyday and are provided with information on everything from stamp collecting to bestiality. This wide array of information may seem to be the best thing since sliced bread, bu...

I. Introduction The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Despite this most hallowed of constitutional imperatives, both Congress and the states have found numerous occasions ...

Internet censorship, should it be allowed ore does it break governmental law?ACLU Cyber-Liberties: Online Censorship in the StatesA court ruling granted the highest level of First Amendment protection to the Internet when the Communications Decency Act was struck down in Reno vs. ACLU in June 1997....

Amendment I - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. 12/15/1791. "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...

The Child Pornogrophy Prevention Act of 1996, prohibits, the shipment, distribution, receipt, reproduction, sale, or possession of any visual depiction that "appears to be of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.". For almost two decades, federal law has prohibited the production and distri...

Internet CensorshipCensorship is a rising problem in today's society. Currently the Internet is in a censorship web of its own. People argue that censoring the Internet is wrong and violates the first amendment that states, "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech." But other peop...

Politics and SocietyMedia, money, and the First Amendment are three key influences in a successful political run. Media coverage is important to familiarize the public with the candidate and to show where he stands on certain issues. Money is needed to buy television and radio time. The First Ame...