of information that is becoming more popular among those who

are interested in, and have the time to surf the information

superhighway. The problem with this much information being

accessible to this many people is that some of it is deemed

inappropriate for minors. The government wants censorship,

but a segment of the population does not. Legislative

regulation of the Internet would be an appropriate function

The Communications Decency Act is an amendment which

prevents the information superhighway from becoming a

computer "red light district." On June 14, 1995, by a vote

of 84-16, the United States Senate passed the amendment. It

is now being brought through the House of Representatives.1

The Internet is owned and operated by the government,

which gives them the obligation to restrict the materials

available through it. Though it appears to have sprung up

overnight, the inspiration of free-spirited hackers, it in

fact was born in Defense Department Cold War projects of the

1950s.2 The United States Government owns the Internet and

has the responsibility to determine who uses it and how it

The government must control what information is

distribution of obscene material is illegal.

transferred via the Internet because it violates laws

The self-regulating environment desired by the cyberpunks is

Internet there is bound to be material that is not

It is not a valid argument that "consenting

control their "free attitude" displayed in homepages such as

want. If the materials are obscene, the law can

People like this are the ones in the wrong. Taxpayer's

adults" should be allowed to use the computer BBS

like the Communications Decency Act, the government would be

pornography, racism, and other forms of explicit

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