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McMurdo, George – Journal of Information Science, 1997
Discusses the control of pornography on the Internet. Highlights include the Communications Decency Act (CDA); "Time" magazine's article on cyberporn and critiques of it; the unconstitutionality of the CDA under First Amendment protection of free speech; and non-legislative software solutions, including PICS (Platform for Internet…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Constitutional Law, Criticism, Federal Legislation