October 2022
Intermediate to advanced
398 pages
14h 14m
English
The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law introduced as part of a spending bill that passed Congress in 2000. The FCC maintains and enforces CIPA. This act addresses concerns about children’s access to explicit content (such as pornography) online at schools and libraries by requiring the use of Internet filters as a condition of receiving federal funds. CIPA is a result of previous failed attempts at restricting indecent content. The Communications Decency Act and the Child Online Protection Act faced Supreme Court challenges over the U.S. First Amendment because the act violated the right of free speech contained within the Constitution.
CIPA does not provide for any additional funds ...
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