http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/crs/RL32222_110713.pdf
Discusses the legal evolution of the FCC’s indecency regulations and provides an overview of how the current regulations have been applied. Also discusses recent Supreme Court and Appeals Court decisions relating to the regulations. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by Pierce Law IP Mall
http://leg2.state.va.us/dls/h&sdocs.nsf/By+Year/RD3712010/$file/RD371.pdf
Describes the measures taken by public libraries to block Internet access to illegal materials and to prevent access by patrons under the age of 18 to material that is harmful to juveniles. From the Library of Virginia
http://www.projectsafechildhood.gov/docs/natstrategyreport.pdf
Provides an assessment of the dangers facing children from child pornography, online enticement, and commercial sexual exploitation. Also includes the creation of a national database to share information on offenders and a nationwide operation targeting the top 500 most dangerous sex offenders. From the Department of Justice
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-69A1.pdf
Report to Congress mandated by the Child Safe Viewing Act which assesses the current state of parental control devices and other blocking technologies designed to protect children from inappropriate content on television, the Internet, and other electronic products. From the Federal Communications Commission.
http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/07-582
5-4 Supreme Court decision that the Federal Communications Commission can penalize broadcasters for even occasional violation of so-called decent language standards but the court stopped short of deciding whether the FCC had the constitutional right to police the airwaves. From Findlaw.com.
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2009/jan/ep-study-cyber-crime.pdf
Examines the human rights aspects of the Internet and the relevant criminal law rules of the Council of Europe and the European Union. Also examines other issues of cyber-crime such as data protection rights, child pornography, terrorism, and cyberattacks. Calls for an Internet Bill of Rights for the EU. From the European Parliament and Statewatch.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/95-815.pdf
Provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment and how the Supreme Court has interpreted the guarantee of freedom of speech and press to provide no or only limited protection for some types of expression, such as obscenity, child pornography, and speech that advocates violence or violation of law. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2008/rp08-021.pdf
Discusses proposed changes to the procedures by which British films and some video games are assigned classifications. Also provides an overview of the British approach to classification of cinema and the regulation of media content in general. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/21.