Monster Essays - Legislative Proposal for New Indecency Language in Telecom Bill
Legislative Proposal for New Indecency Language in Telecom Bill
Although the October 16, 1995 legislative proposal purports to regulate “
computer pornography”, the proposal contains fatal flaws which render the
proposal at best counterproductive and at worst devastating to on-line
communications. First, it prohibits, but fails to define, “indecent” speech to
minors -- a dangerously vague, medium-specific, and, after decades of litigation,
still undefined concept, which may include mere profanity. This may tie up
successful prosecution of the law in courts for years to come, while courts
wrestle to divine a con....
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