What are the similarities between the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Neighborhood Children’s Internet Protection Act (NCIPA)? Are CIPA and NCIPA necessary to protect our children are all they really just acts of censorship? This paper will compare the two acts, and explore some different interpretations of the 1st amendment; specifically Article 13. It will then go in to the case of the American Library Association challenging the acts vs. the United States in 2003. This paper will
Internet Censorship Internet censorship is a useful technique used to prevent harmful sites from getting into the reach of children. People have many different opinions about whether blocking specific is beneficial to our society or not. Internet censorship should be enforced because it provides safe internet searching, prevents unwanted social media contact in schools and other places where not allowed, and it helps to protect the youth from the people online. Provides safe internet searching Censorship
massive, multi-million dollar project that's having an enormous impact on child development." "The sheer volume of advertising is growing rapidly and invading new areas of childhood, like our schools." A letter protesting psychologists' involvement in children's advertising was written by Commercial Alert, a Washington, D.C., advocacy organization. The letter calls marketing to children a violation of APA's mission of mitigating human suffering, improving the condition of both individuals and society, and
Web Filtering As the Internet continues to grow, so do the vast amount of information and resources that are available. The Internet is the driving force of the information super highway. From online banking to creating your own company to getting historical information about the American Revolution, virtually anything can be found on the Internet today. But because of the mass amount of information that is available there is also material that is not suitable for one to see. From online pornography
Filters: Affecting Students and Teachers Since 2000 Many resources are used in schools today, including something we use every day: the Internet. To fully utilize the Internet, we need to be able to get into all parts of it, no matter the content. This is where censorship in schools comes into play. Many schools have placed some type of filter on their Internet browsers to protect young students who are going through grade school. However, school officials do not see what negative feedback is coming
Censorship in Libraries and Schools What would you do if you went to your child's school and saw that they were looking at inappropriate material on the internet? Would you react the same way if they were in a public library? Who decides what is okay for your children to view? Who decides where they can view it? What can you do about them being able to view these things? Are there any laws that can prevent this from happening? What are some schools and libraries doing to help prevent children
Amendment Rights. The government in its attempt to stop the leakage of news from its offices and the legislators’ attempt to thwart the internet has impeded an open access society from truly exercising its First Amendment Rights. Their policies have troubled librarians, upset educators, and frustrated researchers. Congress passed the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in 2000 to protect children, but it has been more of a hindrance than an aid as far as many educators are concerned. According
social implications inherent in filtering content online. As exposure to the Internet penetrates deeper into mainstream lives across all demographic groups, there has been increased concern about the ability of children to obtain access to printed and graphic material believed to be detrimental to their development and/or well-being. Not only could this material be argued to be damaging, it could possibly lead children to act violently or maliciously towards others. Proponents of filtering objectionable
Since the internet has been available in schools and libraries in this country, there has been a debate about what should be accessible to users, especially minors. The amount of information disseminated on the world wide web is vast, with some sources valuable for scholarly and personal research and entertainment, and some sources that contain material that is objectionable to some (ie. pornography, gambling, hate groups sites, violent materials). Some information potentially accessible on the
Internet Censorship- Research Paper By Lyle Tamlyn (43669182) Throughout the world there has been an increase in discussions regarding “Censorship of the Internet”, explain how Censorship can work in some instances but in others it can be a detriment to society. According to Amnesty International (2014), internet censorship is the control and suppression of online information or services by government or other stakeholder institutions. It is enforced by monitoring chat rooms and forums, deleting