REGARDING A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE WITH LINK AND EXCERPT BELOW:
The Commission on Child Online Protection was formed for
the purpose of drafting legislation that would protect children in their
use of the internet in terms of privacy and freedom from violent and
sexually explicit content. The Child Online Protection Act was struck
down as unconstitutional after it was passed in 1998, having been
sponsored by the commission. The commission has faded since its defeat in
the Child Online Protection Act, but it is now coming to life to consider
legislation to protect children's privacy in the age of digital technology
and online information gathering. There is also discussion of the latest
views of the Clinton administration on industry self policing and on the
impact of accounting rules on high technology company mergers in this
multiple news story article from the New York Times.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204-4584
jwne@astro.temple.edu
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Source: New York Times (NYT)
Author: JERI CLAUSING
Title: Commission Will Work to Protect Children After Legislation
Fails
Source Date: March 7, 2000
Resource Type: News Article
Description/Keywords: Child Online Protection Act, Unconstitutional,
The Commission on Child Online Protection, Child, Privacy, Protection,
Legislation, Industry Self Policing, Accounting Rules, High Technology
Mergers, Impact
URL: Listed Below Article Summary
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March 7, 2000
By JERI CLAUSING
Commission Will Work to Protect
Children After Legislation Fails
WASHINGTON -- A special panel appointed to address one of the toughest
Internet policy challenges, how to protect children online, holds its
first meeting this week, more than a year after the law creating it was
passed.
The Commission on Child Online Protection was established after First
Amendment problems doomed two attempts by Congress to pass laws designed
to keep children away from online pornography.
The commission nearly faded away as well when legislative leaders
failed to appoint people to serve on it. In the end, the commission
members were seated last October, just two days before the law was set to
expire.
On Tuesday, the 19 members will meet for the first time at the
Department of Commerce.
Another Warning on Privacy
In another sign of the Clinton administration's
frustration with the state of online privacy,
Commerce Secretary William Daley last week used
a news conference on e-commerce statistics to
remind businesses that they are running out of time
to prove they can police themselves.
High-Tech Leaders Criticize Accounting Rules
Leaders of the high-tech industry came to Washington last week to warn
Congress that a proposal to change long-standing accounting rules will
discourage many of the technology mergers that are fueling the new
economy.
Web Sites Related to This Article:
Department of Commerce
http://204.193.246.62/public.nsf
Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org/
DoubleClick
http://www.doubleclick.com/
Technology Network
http://www.technet.org/
Senate Judiciary Committee
http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/
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