The Internet is a method of communication and a source of information that is becoming more popular among those who are interested in, and have the time to surf the information The problem with this much information being accessible to this manypeople is that some of it is deemed inappropriate for minors. The government wantscensorship, but a segment of the population does not. Legislative regulation of the Internetwould be an appropriate function of the government. The Communications Decency Act isan amendment which prevents the information superhighway from becoming a computer"red light district." On June 14, 1995, by a vote of 84-16, the United States Senate passedthe amendment. It is now being brought through the House of Representatives.1 TheInternet is owned and operated by the government, which gives them the obligation torestrict the materials available through it. Though it appears to have sprung up overnight,the inspiration of free-spirited hackers, it in fact was born in Defense Department ColdWar projects of the 1950s.2 The United States Government owns the Internet and has theresponsibility to determine who uses it and how it is used. The government must controlwhat information is accessible from its agencies. This material is not lawfully availablethrough the mail or over the telephone, there is no valid reason these perverts should beallowed unimpeded on the Internet. Since our initiative, the industry has commendablyadvanced some blocking devices, but they are not a substitute for well-reasoned law.4Because the Internet has become one of the biggest sources of information in this world,legislative safeguards are imperative. The government gives citizens the privilege of usingthe Internet, but it has never given them the right to use it. They seem to rationalize thatthe framers of the constitution planned & plotted at great length to make certain thatabove all else, the profiteering pornographer, the pervert and the ped...
