The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was the United States Congress's first notable attempt to regulate pornographic material on the Internet. In the 1997 landmark case Reno v. ACLU, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck the act's anti-indecency provisions.

Communications Decency Act (CDA), legislation enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996 primarily in response to concerns about minors’ access to pornography via the Internet.

May 17, 2024 · The Communications Decency Act, also known as Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, was enacted by the United States to regulate or prohibit certain activities involving telecommunications media and devices.

May 23, 2023 · The Communications Decency Act was added as an amendment out of concern about pornography and other sexual and indecent material on the internet reaching minors. It included a provision to verify the age of site visitors.

The Department of Justice’s review of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has included a number of different components, including: 1. Key Takeaways.

Feb 21, 2023 · That’s thanks to Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which states that “no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of...

Feb 1, 1995 · Communications Decency Act of 1995 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the use of any telecommunications device (currently, only the telephone) by a person not disclosing his or her identity in order to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person who receives such communication.

Feb 22, 2021 · In the ongoing debate over whether and how to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, it is important to understand the law’s origins, meaning, and impact—because, for better or worse, it has shaped the modern Internet.

Dec 16, 2020 · Section 230 is part of the Communications Decency Act, a 1996 law (and itself part of the Telecommunications Act of the same year) that regulated online pornography. Specifically, Section 230...

On February 8th, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Communications Decency Act, a sweeping regulatory framework for the internet. Almost all of the CDA was found unconstitutional, but what...