Communications Decency Act: Regulation In Cyberspace

Title	Communications Decency Act: Regulation In Cyberspace
# of Words	451
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.8

Communications Decency Act: Regulation In Cyberspace

Communications Decency Act: Regulation In Cyberspace

David Hembree
October 23, 1996
Dr. Willis

            Being one of millions of  surfers throughout the Internet, I see that
fundamental civil liberties are as important in cyberspace as they are in
traditional contexts. Cyberspace defined in Webster's Tenth Edition dictionary
is the on-line worlds of networks.    The right to speak and publish using a
virtual pen has its roots in a long tradition dating back to the very founding
of democracy in this country.  With the passage of the 1996 Telecommunications
Act, Congress has prepared to turn the Internet from one of the greatest
resources of cultural, social, and scientific information into the online
equivalent of a children's reading room.  By invoking the overboard and vague
term “indecent” as the standard by which electronic communication should be
censored, Congress has insured that information providers seeking to avoid
criminal prosecution will close the gates on anything but the most tame
information and discussions.
     The Communications Decency Act calls for two years of jail time for
anyone caught using “indecent” language over the net; as if reading profanities
online affects us more dramatically than reading them on paper.  Our First
Amendment states, “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....”  The Act takes away this right.  The Constitution-
defying traitors creating these useless l...

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