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| The Communications Decency Act - Legislative History |
- Text, March 1995
- Exon/Gorton Communications Decency Act, March 23, 1995
- House CDA Sponsor Urges "Go-Slow" approach, calls for hearings, April 3, 1995
- CDT Policy Post 1.14, Senator Exon Unveils New Draft CDA, May 19, 1995
- Text of 47 USC Sec 223 with the proposed amendment (S. 695), June 13, 1995
- Text of the Senate Passed Bill (S. 695), June 15, 1995
- Cox-Wyden Bill, HR 1748, June 30, 1995
- House changes to the laws covering distribution of obscenity, August 4, 1995
- Dole Grassley Bill, November 1995
- Grassley Bill, November 1995
- Exon version of the CDA, November 17, 1995
- Text of CDA, December 21, 1995
- Clinton Administration Comments on the Senate Telecommunications Reform Bill, including a section on the CDA.
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| CDA Alternatives |
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| CDT Analyses of the CDA |
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- CDT's Analysis of the Original Proposal, March 9, 1995
- A Constitutional Analysis by CDT and People For The American Way, March 21, 1995
- CDT's Analysis of the revised Communications Decency Act, March 22, 1995
- CDT's Analysis of the Senate Passed CDA , June 15, 1995
- CDT's Analysis of the latest Communications Decency Act, January 4, 1996
- Relevant CDT Policy Posts on The CDA
1995
1.01, February 9
1.03, March 3
1.04, March 16
1.05, March 22
1.06, March 23
1.07, March 30
1.08, April 7
1.09, April 11
1.11, May 5
1.14, May 26
1.16, June 6
1.18, June 14
1.19, June 20
1.20, June 21
1.30, December 1
1.31, December 4
1.32, December 6
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| Interactive Working Group |
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The Interactive Working Group is a coalition of public interest and industry representatives concerned with government content regulations in interactive media. This report, released on July 24, 1995, was completed at the request of Senator Leahy and describes currently available parental control technologies, the state of current law, and the constitutional issues raised by content regulations in new media.
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| Netizens Involved in the Fight Against the CDA |
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- The Voters Telecommunications Watch organized one of the earliest Internet-based campaigns.
Campaign mailing, March 17, 1995
Campaign mailing, June 6, 1995
Campaign mailing, November 8, 1995
Press Release on the results of the Internet's Day of Protest, December 13, 1995
Campaign mailing, January 1, 1996
Campaign mailing, January 31, 1996
- Petition critical factor in persuading 420 members of the House of Representatives to pass Cox/Wyden bill. The petition generated over 115,000 signatures in just over 5 months! Thank you to those who signed -- YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE! During the Senate debate on the CDA on June 14, 1995, Senator Leahy displayed the over 1500 printed pages to his senate colleagues on the Senate Floor.
- Web Goes Dark to Protest Online Indecency Law -- For 48 hours after President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Reform bill, CDA and all, into law on Feb. 8, 1996, thousands of World Wide Web pages went black in protest in order to show the far reaching imact of the new law. The 48 hour protest, organized by CDT and VTW, was the single largest demonstration from the Internet community in history.
More than 20,000 net.citizens participated in the protest against Internet-Censorship Bills
- CDT helped coordinate a new coalition that would exist only to help protect the Internet. The Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition (CIEC) was assembled in February of 1996.
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| Groups Concerned About the CDA |
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- PICS, a joint industry, public interest initiative, lead by the World Wide Web Consortium to develop common standards to facilitate user choice and parental control in interactive media. CDT co-chairs the public policy committee.
- Morality In Media statement against the bill. March 28, 1995
- American Family Association letter to Sen. Exon. April 4, 1995
- American Family Association letter to Sen. Pressler. April 26, 1995
- Department Of Justice letter. Says CDA threatens First Amendment and privacy rights. May 3, 1995
- Christian Coalition pledges to restrict availability of pornography on the net. May 17, 1995
- Christian Coalition letter to Conference Committee October 16, 1995
- A letter from conservative / libertarian organizations (including Progress and Freedom Foundation, CATO Institute, and American Enterprise Institute) urging support for the Cox/Wyden Approach. November 7, 1995
- CDT-led Coalition letter to the Conferees. November 9, 1995
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| Politicians Comments About the CDA |
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- House Speaker Newt Gingrich's Comments on the Exon Amendment, May 31, 1995
- House Speaker Newt Gingrich's Opposition to the CDA, June 20, 1995
- Senator James Exon comments on the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, June 22, 1995
- Congressman Rick White (R-WA) sent an open letter to the Internet Community, December 4, 1995
- Floor statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on
telecommunications conference proposals for regulating speech on the Internet, December 5, 1995
- Senator Leahy Speaks out Against the CDA, February 1, 1996
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| Other Commentary |
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