Dr Martyn Thomas from the Institution of Engineering and Technology comments on government proposals to use legislation to force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to
block access to pornography.
Not exact matches
Such policies, according
to CIPA, must include measures «
to block or filter Internet
access to pictures that: (a) are obscene, (b) are child
pornography, or (c) are harmful
to minors.»
The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) passed in 1999, requires schools qualifying for federal E-rate funding
to use filtering technology
to block access to materials that are «obscene, child
pornography, or harmful
to minors.»
In 1999, Congress passed the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), requiring schools qualifying for federal E-rate funding
to use filtering technology
to block access to materials that are «obscene, child
pornography, or harmful
to minors.»
According
to See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information, «Internet filters most frequently used by schools and libraries can effectively
block pornography without significantly impeding
access to online health information — but only if they aren't set at their most restrictive levels.
In a nutshell, CIPA requires that schools and libraries receiving E-Rate funding «
block or filter Internet
access to pictures that are: (a) obscene; (b) child
pornography; or (c) harmful
to minors (for computers that are
accessed by minors).»
The protection measures must
block or filter Internet
access to pictures that are: (a) obscene; (b) child
pornography; or (c) harmful
to minors (for computers that are
accessed by minors).
They must
block access to any form of electronic communication, including electronic mail and chat rooms, if the communication could reasonably be expected
to expose a person under the age of 18 years
to any material, including written material, pictures and recordings, that is obscene or sexually explicit or that constitutes child
pornography.
They must
block access on the Internet
to any material, including written material, pictures and recordings, that is obscene or sexually explicit or that constitutes child
pornography.
Supporters of the law, which would require a filter
to block pornography and human trafficking websites, say it would protect children and others by making those sites harder
to access.
He also leads the NSPCC public affairs work on online safety, including successful campaigns on
blocking access to websites which display
pornography to children and on a wider government strategy for children's safety online.