Internet Pornography Censorship vs Free Speech -- Internet Pornography

The Internet is a worldwide network of computers and databases that has evolved rapidly in recent years. Tremendous amounts of information are transmitted and are reasonably easy to obtain. Although in the past the information available was for the most severalise educational and business oriented, in recent years it has become oftentimes more diverse and questions have been raised as to the appropriateness of the confine being viewed and consumed. Another issue is whether or not the organisation should grapple an active role in censoring it, in particular when it comes to pornography, or cyberporn, as it is more commonly referred to when it is displayed on the Internet. Should cyberporn be censored? If so, who is responsible, parents or the government? Is Internet censorship the solution, or a violation of the first amendment? The citizens of a democracy must discharge these kinds of decisions while simultaneously maintaining freedom and province on the Internet. B ACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEMPornography on the Internet and the substitute at which it can be accessed has been a very controversial issue, especially in the last ten years. The Internet was largely unregulated until 1996 when the discourse Decency Act, a portion of the Telecommunications act, was proposed. The Communication Decency Act, or the CDA, made it illegal to make or solicit any image or message that was lascivious or indecent. (Wekesser 106), But how do we define terms with an equivocalness such as these. The Court in Miller-constructed the modern definition of detestable The basic guidelines of the trier of fact must be must be (a) whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient... ... a democracy must achieve a happy medium. I agree that much of the cyberporn that is attainable is inappropriate, especially when it involves children in even a remotely sexual manner. However, censorship is not the answer. We must find a way to practice freedom of expression while maintaining decency and assuming responsibility, as individuals, for our children.BibliographyWorks CitedElmer-Dewitt, Philip (1995) On A Screen Near You Cyberporn. Time, July 1995Ford, Marrin, Esposito, Witmeyer & Gleser, Can coitus Censor The Internet? L.L.P., 1996 Simon, Glenn E. (1998), Cyberporn and censorship constitutional barriers to preventing access to Internet pornography by minors. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, v88 n3 p1015-1048.Wekesser, Carol. (1997). Pornography opposing viewpoints. calcium Greenhaven Press, Inc.