INTERNET REGULATION: POLICING CYBERSPACE

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Term Paper Title	INTERNET REGULATION: POLICING CYBERSPACE
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INTERNET REGULATION: POLICING CYBERSPACE

     The Internet is a method of communication and a source
of information that is becoming more popular among those who
are interested in, and have the time to surf the information
superhighway.  The problem with this much information being
accessible to this many people is that some of it is deemed
inappropriate for minors.  The government wants censorship,
but a segment of the population does not.  Legislative
regulation of the Internet would be an appropriate function
of the government.
     The Communications Decency Act is an amendment which
prevents the information superhighway from becoming a
computer "red light district."  On June 14, 1995, by a vote
of 84-16, the United States Senate passed the amendment.  It
is now being brought through the House of Representatives.1
     The Internet is owned and operated by the government,
which gives them the obligation to restrict the materials
available through it.  Though it appears to have sprung up
overnight, the inspiration of free-spirited hackers, it in
fact was born in Defense Department Cold War projects of the
1950s.2  The United States Government owns the Internet and
has the responsibility to determine who uses it and how it
is used.
     The government must control what information is
accessible from its agencies.

This material is not lawfully available through
the mail or over the telephone, there is no valid
reason these perverts should be allowed unimpeded
on the Internet.  Since our initiative, the
industry has commendably advanced some blocking
devices, but they are not a substitute for
well-reasoned law.4
Because the Internet has become one of the biggest sources
of information in this world, legislative safeguards are
imperative.
     The government gives citizens the privilege of using
the Internet, but it has never given them the right to use
it.

They seem to rationalize that the framers of the
constitution planned & plotted at great length to
make certain that above all else, the profiteering
pornographer, the pervert and the pedophile must
be free to practice their pursuits in the presence
of children on a taxpayer created and subsidized
computer network.3
People like this are the ones in the wrong.  Taxpayer's
dollars are being spent bringing obscene text and graphics
into the homes of people all over the world.
     The government must take control to prevent
pornographers from using the Internet however they see fit
because they are breaking laws that have ex...

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