Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports and Internet Content Regulation

Final Report of the COPA Commission Presented to Congress, October 20, 2000

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Title:Final Report of the COPA Commission Presented to Congress, October 20, 2000 (ID: CSD3447)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2000)
Type:Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports
Abstract:In October 1998 Congress enacted the Child Online Protection Act and established the Commission on Online Child Protection to study methods to help reduce access by minors to certain sexually explicit material, defined in the statute as harmful to minors. Congress directed the Commission to evaluate the accessibility, cost, and effectiveness of protective technologies and methods, as well as their possible effects on privacy, First Amendment values and law enforcement. This report responds to the Congressional request.
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H.R.3783: Child Online Protection Act

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Title:H.R.3783: Child Online Protection Act (ID: CSD3448)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (1998)
Type:Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports
Abstract:This bill was introduced to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require persons who are engaged in the business of distributing, by means of the World Wide Web, material that is harmful to minors to restrict access to such material by minors, and for other purposes.
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