Controlling Potentially Harmful Speech
Ban it with criminal penalties (It's bad or immoral)
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Communications Decency Act
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Questionable constitutionally
Remove it with civil penalties (It's harmful)
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Canada and Massachusetts porn laws
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Questionable constitutionally
Regulate it away with licensing requirements (It's harmful
but complex)
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FCC regulates TV
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InterNIC regulates domain names
Regulate access by rating (Divide the net into sections)
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Theaters and video stores fo this
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TV moving in this direction
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Requires new software, and sites to be rated.
Move to a proprietary environment (Let capitalism solve this)
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AOL already provides this (somewhat).
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There is only on such choice (AOL).
Make parents do it (Not a state function)
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Tools are quite helpful
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Many parents reject this
Don't (Free speech always!)
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Allows exposure to harmful material
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Does not impinge in any way on free speech