Free Speech on the Internet

Filtering Our Right of Free Speech on the Internet Section 502 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, commonly known as the Communications Decency Act, detailed what could not be transmitted via the WWW to minors under the age of 18. The Communications Decency Act made it illegal to transmit or display "obscene, lewd, and indecent" materials to minors. However, the language in the act was so vague that many believed that the act would impact what adults could …showed first 75 words of 1168 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1168 total…turn the “Internet soapbox” into a vast wasteland of opinionless nothing. Sure, it’s completely reasonable to block porno and hate sites from the innocent eyes of our children, but it seems the blocking software companies have taken this a little too far. Our Constitutional rights are being invaded unjustly, and this ought to cease immediately. Perhaps the future will bring new hope for free speech on the Internet, but then again, we never know.