COPA, that is
considered less stringent than the Communication Decency Act, but is currently undergoing
the same analysis of its adherence to the Constitution by the ACLU.
Even if the Child Online Protection Act managed to pass the court's high standards,
there exists no way for a national piece of legislation to control an international network. The
Internet is massive and chaotic in nature since it is technologically infesible for any one group
to own or organize it. According to latest estimates, more than 40 percent of US households
own a computer and 90 million adults use the Internet regularly ("Cyber Eyes"). Users can
access the are many wonders of the online world like email, gopher sites, IRC (Internet Relay
Chat) channels, newsgroups, and web pages. The idea that censorship could restrict this
freedom, a trademark characteristic of the I
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