lates our free choice.To further the parents right to choose what is best and to defend the right to free speech many organizations have been formed to fight censorship battle (CNN 3). The more well known groups are the American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU), Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). These groups and many more fought and help defeat the Communications Decency Act spearheaded by President Clinton. Under this act "It would be illegal to knowingly communicate for commercial purposes material considered harmful to minors (Pornography)" (Qtd. ACLU 3). Thus reducing the Internet to what is fit for a six - year old. The Internet has been a target of censorship before; consequently, what the censors do not see is that Internet is an adult medium and just recently opened its doors to a younger age group. This latest attack is unconstitutional by blatantly trying to ban free speech in on the net. Most people personally think small children should not have access to pornography, but in the free country that we choose to live in, adults run the world. The Internet is an adult medium, most of which is not meant for children. If you are that concerned with your children, instead of trying to ban our rights to free speech on the web, you should install Internet watch dogs that restrict those home pages that you may find offensive. This unconstitutional act and its sister bill the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) directly violates the First Amendment so the ACLU and many other anti - censorship organizations help influence the Supreme court to strike it down (The First Amendment Pledge 5).Censorship is happening everywhere besides the usual books, and movies. It has moved into the information age by attacking the web, television, and video games. Trying to make the public to read, watch, or play what they see fit. This takes away your right to choose this is another way censorshi...
