Legal and Privacy Issues in Information Security, 3rd Edition

Children’s Internet Protection Act

The CIPA,¹⁶ which was passed in 2000, requires schools and libraries that receive funding from the U.S. government for internet access to filter offensive and sexually explicit online content. The goal of the program is to limit children’s access to offensive and age-inappropriate content on the internet. Under CIPA, a minor is anyone under the age of 17.¹⁷ These schools and libraries had until July 1, 2004, to first comply with CIPA.

NOTE

Note the differences in ages between CIPA and COPPA. COPPA defines a child as anyone under the age of 13. CIPA defines a minor as anyone under the age of 17.

CIPA was quickly ...