The Communications Decency Act

The U.S. Government should not attempt to place restrictions on the internet. The Internet does not belong to the United States and it is not our responsibility to save the world, so why are we attempting to regulate something that belongs to the world? The Telecommunications Reform Act has done exactly that, put regulations on the Internet. Edward Cavazos quotes William Gibson says, 'As described in Neuromancer, Cyberspace was a consensual hallucination that felt …

…be recognized for what it is, a blatant violation of the First Amendment right of free speech, by the average citizen before the C.D.A. will be changed. Works Cited Cavazos, E. (1994) Cyberspace and the law: Your rights and duties in the on-line world. Boston: MIT Press Macdissi, K. (1995) Enforcement is the problem with regulation of the Internet. Midlands Business Journal Stone, E. (1996) A Cyberspace independence declaration. Unpublished Essay, Heretic@csulb.com (E-Mail address)