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
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
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
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
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
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: How it effects education How does Internet censorship effect education? That is the question that needs to be answered. Censorship cannot be completely done away with in schools, society, and the law would simply not allow it. The internet also cannot be completely censored, because the technology for that simply does not exist. People have various stances on this issue and they can be split up into four general groups: The Government, parents, students, and teachers. They all
library to finish a school paper. No harm in that right? However, perhaps you would think differently if you knew your child wasn’t going to the library to merely finish his report, but to also look at pornography he had been introduced to on the internet. This is not only a reality at your local libraries, but also the topic of a long time debate in this country over responsible information access and censorship which has centered around the electronic access of documents. Society has proven intolerant
Parental guidance. You hear it all the time in our world, “Be safe online, don’t go online without a parents permission, and internet safety.” We hear this on a daily basis, it’s the world we live in now. Younger kids are on social media, Like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and so many more sites, according to an online poll [www.statisticbrain.com/social-networking-statistics], 58% of people have some form of social interaction online. and 73% of teens have social media. [http://www.netsmartz.org/safety/statistics]
Role of Parents in Relation to a Children's Rights Parental spyware is effective and helpful to our society. It is a method in which parents, disregarding their children's privacy and rights, spy on their children to create an illusion of protection from the assumed dangers of the internet adolescents face every single day. 16% of adolescents are faced with this brutal monitoring and surveillance from their own parents, leaving only 84% of these children free to experience the wonders of the world
the internet. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) are to give protection for children who are accessing the internet. There are requirements and protective information for both COPPA and CIPA. Both acts are similar and different in ways to protect children but needed to be done with two acts. There are challenging elements with the COPPA and CIPA to implement in order to be compliant with the acts. There are reasons for the acts to define
The Concern of Children's Safety on the Internet During the last decade, the number of households using the Internet has increased dramatically. The United States Department of Defense started to use a network similar to today's Internet in the 1960s. Professors in universities all across the country later followed this idea and established their own system. The World Wide Web, the common, everyday section of the Internet, started approximately a decade ago. "Surfing the Web" has become easier
and abuse. “School policies and procedures need to be such that parents and governors are aware of them and that staff are fully trained with regard to safeguarding.” School policies will need to cover: • “children’s physical safety and security on the premises and off-site • children’s safety when in the home environment • e-safety and security when
The Bill of Rights has gained existence since December 15, 1791. Being supported mainly by anti-federalists, the Bill of Rights upheld what was needed to protect individual liberty. From the ratification we have our first ten amendments. The most important and used today is the first amendment. The amendment states “Congress shall make no law respecting… petition the government for a redress of grievances.” This amendment is very powerful but cannot be overly abused. Over time the freedom of speech
Information Center. “Bill Track.” Electronic Frontier Foundation. “Analysis of the Provisions of the USA Patriot Act.” October 31, 2002. American Civil Liberties Union. “USA Patriot Act Boosts Government Powers While Cutting Back on Traditional Checks and Balances.” November 1, 2002. Additional Sources “Freedom of Speech, The EU Data Protection Directive and the Swedish Personal Data Act.” June 9, 2000. Online Privacy Alliance. “Privacy Initiatives by the Private Sector.”
values. They have to be aware of changes in policies and rules and be updated with all subjects they are teaching. Teachers are also responsible for updating their knowledge on rules such as Health and Safety at Work, Risk Assessment and Child Protection Guidelines. A very important part of the teachers role is to monitor learners performances and keep records such as lessons plans, attendances, punctuality, assessments, achievements and learners development. With all that information the teacher
to prevent the child coming into contact with abuse or an abusive situation. Child protection is protecting a child where there is reasonable belief that the child may have suffered or may be at high risk of suffering as a result of abuse. As a teaching assistant, you have to be aware of signs of possible abuse, neglect and bullying; to whom you should report any concerns or suspicions; the school’s child protection policy and procedures; the school’s
The purpose may be the protection of children and young people who receive services from this organization, the establishing of a safe and open environment for children where they can learn and develop, providing parents with details of safeguarding approach. It sets out the organization’s
Internet and Children The invention of the Internet has been dated back to the late 1950’s to the 1970s. Decades later the invention of the Internet would revolutionize education and how we use it not just in The United States, but also the world. “Findings indicated that children who used the Internet more had higher scores on standardized tests of reading achievement and higher grade point averages 6 months, 1 year, and 16 months later than did children who used the Internet less”(Internet
In recent years, pornography has established itself as perhaps the most controversial topic arising out of the use of the Internet. The easy availability of this type of sexually explicit material has caused a panic among government officials, family groups, religious groups and law enforcement bodies and this panic has been perpetuated in the media. One of the unique challenges to regulating or settling on the appropriate way to regulate is that there is no concrete definition of pornography