Bill of Rights Free Speech and Child Pornography
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"The Bill of Rights, Free Speech and Child Pornography"
The United States Constitution was written to protect the citizens from the power of the states and the nation. Over the years the bill of rights has been expanded to supposedly keep those rights in tact. Well, if that is true, why is someone else making the decisions on what I am allowed to view or say?
While it is obvious that minors shouldn't be portrayed having any sexual contact on the Internet, what isn't as clear is what is actually included in these laws. In 1996 the Child Pornography Prevention Act made it illegal to create or possess any image that portrayed a minor involved in sexual conduct, even if no minors were involved. This seems kind of vague since it seemingly could include numerous websites that have "school girls" either nude or close to it. One part of the law states that "'child pornography means any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct" although in another section of the law it states that an "Identifiable minoris recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature. Lately there has been a battle over whether computer generated images are or should be included. The Free Speech Coalition is a group of individuals and businesses fighting for freedom on the Internet, includes some businesses involved in the adult entertainment industry. In the 1997 this group challenged the decision in federal court that images that portray sexual behavior among children but does not actually involve any children should not be included because it violated the first amendment...