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What (who) is Communications Decency Act - definition
Communications Decency Act
ATTEMPT BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO REGULATE PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL ON THE INTERNET
Communications Decency Act of 1996; 1996 Communications Decency Act
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was the United States Congress's first notable attempt to regulate pornographic material on the Internet. In the 1997 landmark case Reno v.
Communications Decency Act
ATTEMPT BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO REGULATE PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL ON THE INTERNET
Communications Decency Act of 1996; 1996 Communications Decency Act
<legal> (CDA) An amendment to the U.S. 1996 Telecommunications
Bill that went into effect on 1996-02-08. The law, originally
proposed by Senator James Exon to protect children from
obscenity on the Internet, ended up making it punishable by
fines of up to $250,000 to post indecent language on the
Internet anywhere that a minor could read it.
Thousands of outraged Internet users turned their {web
pages} black in protest or displayed the {Electronic Frontier
Foundation}'s special icons.
On 1996-06-12, a three-judge panel in Philadelphia ruled the
CDA unconstitutional and issued an injunction against the
United States Justice Department forbidding them to enforce
the "indecency" provisions of the law. Internet users
celebrated by displaying an animated "Free Speech" fireworks
icon to their web pages, courtesy of the {Voters
Telecommunications Watch}. The Justice Department appealed
the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
(1996-11-03)
ECPA
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US ACT OF CONGRESS
ECPA; Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986; Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1968; Electronic Communication Privacy Act
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Reference: USA)
Examples of use of Communications Decency Act
1. The appeals court ruled that the Communications Decency Act of 1''6 bars such lawsuits against Web–based services like MySpace.
2. Further, in 2000 the Supreme Court struck down part of the Communications Decency Act that required cable operators to scramble or block the Playboy Channel, saying such methods are unconstitutional.
3. For example, in the United States, the Communications Decency Act of 1''6, which would have required Internet service providers (ISPs) to prevent the distribution of "indecent" material to children, was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S.