The CommunicationsDecencyAct of 1996 CDA was the first notable attempt by the United States Congress ..., the Children s Internet Protection Act CIPA of 2000, the Supreme Court upheld it as constitutional in 2004. Section 230 Main Section 230 of the CommunicationsDecencyAct Section 230 of the CommunicationsDecencyAct was not part of the original United States Senate Senate legislation, but was added ... first Ken S. title Wikimmunity Fitting the CommunicationsDecencyAct to Wikipedia newspaper Harvard ... Reflist External links Wikisource http pdfcast.org pdf the communicationsdecencyact a legislative history Legislative history of the CommunicationsDecencyAct . http www.fcc.gov Reports tcom1996.txt ... Decisions applying Section 230 of the CommunicationsDecencyAct http www.cdt.org speech cda Center ... down. http www.cybertelecom.org cda cda up.htm Cybertelecom The CommunicationsDecencyAct and http ... DecencyAct de CommunicationsDecencyAct es CommunicationsDecencyAct ... case of Reno v. ACLU , the United States Supreme Court struck the anti indecency provisions of the Act. The Act of Congress Act was Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 . It was introduced to the United .... The amendment that became the CDA was added to the Telecommunications Act in the Senate by an 84 ... communications in two significant ways. First, it attempted to regulate both indecency when available to children and obscenity in cyberspace . Second, Section 230 of the Act has been interpreted ... provisions The most controversial portions of the Act were those relating to indecency on the Internet. The relevant sections of the Act were introduced in response to fears that Internet pornography was on the rise. Indecency in TV and radio broadcasting had already been regulated by the Federal Communications ... by the 1992 amendment to the National Science Foundation National Science Foundation Act and thus ... blocked enforcement of the first, the Child Online Protection Act COPA , almost immediately after its ... more details
Section 230 of the CommunicationsDecencyAct of 1996 a common name for Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a landmark piece of Internet legislation in the United States, codified at usc 47 ... of the harmful information at issue. History Section 230 of the CommunicationsDecencyAct was not part ... Act of 1996 . http www.citmedialaw.org legal guide immunity online publishers under communicationsdecencyact Citizen Media Law Project s primer on Section 230 http www.cybertelecom.org cda cda up.htm Cybertelecom The CommunicationsDecencyAct Electronic Frontier Foundation http www.eff.org ... for Harmful Speech and Wikipedia audio lecture. DEFAULTSORT Section 230 Of The CommunicationsDecencyAct Category Computer law Category 1996 in law ... Empowerment Act and passed by a near unanimous vote on the floor. Unlike the more controversial CommunicationsDecencyAct anti indecency provisions which were later ruled unconstitutional, this portion of the Act remains in force, and enhances free speech by making it unnecessary for ISPs and other ... conduct. The act was passed in part in reaction to the 1995 decision in Stratton Oakmont ... s, and legally responsible for libel and other torts committed by customers. This act was passed ..., were merely another way of claiming that MySpace was liable for publishing the communications ... against Civil Rights Act of 1968 Fair Housing Act claims based on discriminatory statements in postings ... brought under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1968 Fair Housing Act ref http www4.law.cornell.edu ... in other countries Legislation in other countries may lack the protections afforded by the Act. European ... illegal character, and 3 they act promptly to remove or disable access to the material when informed ... Broadcasting Commission & Anor 1973 1 ACTR 6 Under the Defamation Act 2005 NSW , ref http www.austlii.edu.au au legis nsw consol act da200599 Defamation Act 2005 ref s 32, a defence to defamation ... more details
The United States Video Game DecencyAct of 2007 USBill 110 H.R. 1531 is a proposed piece of U.S. video game legislation originally introduced into the 109th United States Congress 109th Congress as USBill 109 H.R. 6120 by Congressman Fred Upton on 29 September 2006. ref cite web title Video Game DecencyAct of 2006 Introduced To Senate url http www.gamasutra.com php bin news index.php?story 11070 publisher Gamasutra accessdate 29 September 2006 ref ref Cite web title Michigan Congressman Proposes Video Game Deceny Act publisher GamePolitics.com date 29 September 2006 url http gamepolitics.com 2006 09 29 michigan congressman proposes quotvideo game decency actquot accessdate 3 January 2010 ref The Bill proposed law bill was reintroduced into the 110th United States Congress 110th Congress as H.R. 1531 in March 2007. The aim of the legislation is To prohibit deceptive acts and practices in the content rating and labeling of video games . ref cite web title H. R. 6120 To prohibit deceptive acts and practices in the content rating and labeling of video games. url http frwebgate.access.gpo.gov cgi bin getdoc.cgi?dbname 109 cong bills&docid f h6120ih.txt.pdf publisher Fred Upton accessdate 29 September 2006 ref References references Video game controversy Category 2006 in law Category Censorship in the United States Category Video game censorship Category Video game law Category United States proposed federal legislation videogame culture stub US fed statute stub ... more details
The CommunicationsAct can refer to The CommunicationsAct of 1934 in the United States The CommunicationsAct 2003 in the United Kingdom See also List of short titles disambig ko ... more details
The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 S.193.ENR is an enrolled bill, passed by both Houses of the 109th ... fdsys pkg BILLS 109s193enr pdf BILLS 109s193enr.pdf title The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 ... Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 S. 2056 H.R. 3717 this preliminary bill was never passed. Republican ... President Signs the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 date 15 June 2006 publisher Office ... was adequate enough. With the proposal of the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004, it was to be determined ... The Broadcast DecencyAct of 2004 publisher The United States of America Congress accessdate 23 ... last Ackerman first Gary title Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 url http www.house.gov list ... of America in Congress assembled, br br SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 . br br SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PENALTIES FOR OBSCENE, INDECENT, AND PROFANE BROADCASTS. Section 503 b 2 of the CommunicationsAct of 1934 47 U.S.C. 503 b 2 is amended br ... 109s193enr.pdf title The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 work The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 publisher The United States of America Congress accessdate 23 March 2011 ref blockquote References reflist DEFAULTSORT Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act Of 2005 Category 2005 in law ... http www.broadcastingcable.com article 155946 Broadcast Decency Bill Returns.php title Broadcast Decency ... for stronger government policies that enforce censorship peaked after the Federal Communications ... Communications Commission accessdate 23 March 2011 ref The range of the FCC s authority over censorship ... thomas.loc.gov cgi bin query z?c109 S.193 accessdate 23 March 2011 ref The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 reads as follows blockquote One Hundred Ninth Congress of the United States of America ... day of January, two thousand and six br br An Act br br To increase the penalties for violations by television ... violation shall not exceed a total of 3,000,000 for any single act or failure to act. and br ... more details
Decency is the measure of an object s worth and value. See Wiktionary DecencyDecency . The category of issues that includes matters of sex and decency in advertising is a constant and ubiquitous problem concerning products, services, concepts, claims and imageries eliciting reactions of distaste, disgust, offense or outrage when mentioned or presented in advertisements. ref name Boddewyn cite journal author Boddewyn JJ title Controlling Sex and Decency in Advertising Around the World journal J Advertising. month Dec year 1991 volume 20 issue 4 pages 25 35 url http www.jstor.org pss 4188813 ref Issues such as decency are more difficult to define and handle because they reflect a large variety of personally subjective, culturally related and historically changing values and attitudes. ref name Boddewyn The types of controls and their shortcomings present dangers for freedom of commercial communication. ref name Boddewyn See also Taste sociology CommunicationsDecencyAct Public indecency Indecent exposure Sodomy law Norm sociology Grotesque body National Legion of Decency References Reflist External links wiktionarypar decency http www.publicdecency.net Public Decency, Seeming Child Porn and the Web http www.firstamendmentcenter.org faclibrary libraryexpression.aspx?topic indecent speech First Amendment Library entry on U.S. Supreme Court Cases re Indecent Speech http www.americandecency.org indecency.htm American Decency Association 2005, Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Cmte. Hearing on Decency in the Media archive at CSpan. http inside.c spanarchives.org 8080 cspan cspan.csp?command dprogram&record 190192705 http www.esrb.org ESBR Entertainment Software Rating Board Category Sociology Category Sex laws de Anstand fr D cence nl Fatsoen ja pt Dec ncia ru simple Decency tr G rg toplum ... more details
The Communications Satellite Act of 1962 was put into effect in order to deal with the issue of commercialization of space communications. This act was very controversial, and was left very open ended. The act was signed August 31, 1962 by President John F. Kennedy . Goals of the act The act aimed to join ... more efficient communication system. The Act itself would create the Communications Satellite Corporation also known as COMSAT Columbia Encyclopedia . Disagreement with the passing of the act Democratic Party United States Democratic Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana said of the act, When this bill ..., the act provided a good start towards a global communications system. Section 301 of the Act ... 17, 1967. Here he reported that, the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 has brought mankind to the threshold ... shortly after the passing of the Communications Satellite act of 1962 Gruenwald 1998 . References Harvard Law Review. THE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ACT OF 1962 December 1962 . Vol. 76 Issue 2, p156 168 ... Transmitting Annual Report Under the Communications Satellite Act. March 17, 1967 01 01 2001 . American ... AN 9FVPPLBJ010181 Remarks Upon Signing the Communications Satellite Act. August 31, 1962 01 01 ... to John F. Kennedy, Its purpose is to establish a commercial communications system utilizing ... and understanding. This act would allow the communication industry to share satellite use and information ... Company argued that using space for communications was just a modern representation of the submarine communications cable s currently in use. AT&T proposed joint ownership of all of the communications ... communications this proposition was opposed by other communication companies. The Federal Communications ... the communications satellites. The President was to observe every aspect of the development and operation ... participation. NASA was designated as a technical advisor for the FCC and the communications corporation ... committees established The Act created a board of directors to oversee regulation of the act. There are to be 15 ... more details
The CommunicationsAct 2003 c.21 is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It gave regulation body Ofcom its full powers. Among other measures, it introduced legal recognition of Community Radio and paved the way for full time Community Radio services in the UK as well as controversially lifting many restrictions on cross media ownership . It also made it illegal to use other people s wifi broadband connections without their permission. ref cite news first last authorlink coauthors title Man arrested over wi fi theft url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi uk news england london 6958429.stm quote Dishonestly obtaining free internet access is an offence under the CommunicationsAct 2003 and a potential breach of the Computer Misuse Act. publisher BBC date 22 August 2007 accessdate 2007 08 22 ref The legislation also allowed for the first time non European entities to wholly own a British television company. ref http www.ictregulationtoolkit.org en PracticeNote.2102.html UK Office of Communications 4.4.1& 93 ICT Regulation Toolkit Bot generated title ref ref http www.culture.gov.uk what we do Broadcasting media ownership Department for Culture Media and Sport media ownership Bot generated title ref References reflist External links UK SLD 817413 the CommunicationsAct 2003 OPSI http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2003 ukpga 20030021 en 1 the CommunicationsAct 2003 http www.communicationsact.gov.uk CommunicationsAct 2003 website created by the Department of Trade and Industry United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry to explain the act http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi technology 4721723.stm Wireless hijacking under scrutiny A recent court case, which saw a West London man fined 500 and sentenced to 12 months conditional discharge for hijacking a wireless broadband ... to a computer is an offence covered by the Computer Misuse Act. In Straszkiewcz s case, he was prosecuted under the CommunicationsAct and found guilty of dishonestly obtaining an electronic communications ... more details
The Interception of CommunicationsAct 1985 1985 c. 56 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom . It came into operation as of April 10, 1986. The Act created the offence of unlawfully intercepting communications sent by post or by a public telecommunications system those guilty were liable, on conviction, to a fine or up to two years imprisonment. It provided for a system of warrants to permit legal interception, and laid down cases where interception could be done lawfully, stating that having reasonable grounds to believe that the other party consented to interception was a defence. The Act also established a complaints tribunal which in 2000 was subsumed into the Investigatory Powers Tribunal , and created the post of Interception of Communications Commissioner to review the workings of the Act. It amended parts of the Telecommunications Act 1984 . References Whitaker s Almanack for the year 1987 , complete edition, p. 363. J. Whitaker & Sons, London, 1986 http www.swarb.co.uk acts 1985InterceptionCommunicationsAct.shtml Sections of the Interception of CommunicationsAct 1985 as passed This Act has since been repealed by schedule 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 . Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1985 Category Telecommunications in the United Kingdom statute stub ... more details
The Malicious CommunicationsAct 1988 is a British Act of Parliament that makes it illegal in England and Wales to send or deliver letters or other articles for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety . See also Hate mail External links http www.hmso.gov.uk acts acts1988 Ukpga 19880027 en 1.htm Full text of Malicious CommunicationsAct 1988 c. 27 http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi england lincolnshire 4201775.stm Man jailed over tsunami e mails UK legislation Category English laws Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1988 Category Communications in the United Kingdom statute stub ... more details
The CommunicationsAct of 1934 is a United States federal law enacted as Public Law Number 416, Act of June ... http www.criminalgovernment.com docs 61StatL101 ComAct34.html CommunicationsAct of 1934 ref On January ... eight days later. The CommunicationsAct was signed by President Roosevelt on June 1934. Particular ... of 2002 did override the CommunicationsAct of 1934. ref http news.cnet.com Company challenges FCC rules ... today, the 1934 CommunicationsAct prohibits local and state law enforcement from using Radio jamming ... have supported legislation The Safe Prisons CommunicationsAct sponsored by Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Representative Kevin Bradley, the bill attempting to amend the CommunicationsAct ... Safe Prisons CommunicationsAct of 2009 ref In addition, there is talk about the need for an Protecting ... to stop the Internet in case of a cyber attack. Structure The CommunicationsAct of 1934, as amended ... by 1984 Cable Franchise Policy and CommunicationsAct . ref http www.museum.tv eotvsection.php?entrycode uspolicyc U.S. POLICY THE COMMUNICATIONSACT OF 1934 ref Debates Commercial radio debate Before the CommunicationsAct of 1934 was enacted as law by the U.S. Congress , there was a debate over ... Hatfield of West Virginia offered an amendment to the then proposed CommunicationsAct. Educators ... Wagner amendment died and the CommunicationsAct was passed. The Federal Communications Commission ... Act remained in place but was amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. See also Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006 COPE Act of 2006 CommunicationsAct of 2006 Telecommunications Act of 2005 CommunicationsAct of 2006 Telecommunications Act of 1996 Comcast Corp. v. FCC References Reflist A Legislative History of the CommunicationsAct of 1934, by Paglin, Max D. Oxford University Press, New York. 1989. Brinkley Act Section 325 b of the CommunicationsAct ... through into the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by incorporation of the CommunicationsAct of 1934 ... more details
Infobox UK Legislation short title The Electronic CommunicationsAct 2000 parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title An Act to make provision to facilitate the use of electronic communications and electronic data storage to make provision about the modification of licences granted under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 and for connected purposes. statute book chapter 2000 c.7 introduced by territorial extent royal assent 25 May 2000 commencement repeal date amendments related legislation repealing legislation status current and active legislation original text http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2000 ukpga 20000007 en 1 activeTextDocId 1471240 legislation history The Electronic CommunicationsAct 2000 c.7 is an Act of Parliament Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that Regulates the provision of cryptography cryptographic services in the UK ss.1 6 and Confirms the legal status of electronic signature s ss.7 10 . The United Kingdom government with Tony Blair as prime minister had come to the conclusion that encryption, encryption services and electronic signatures would be important to e commerce in the UK. ref name BBC By 1999, however, only the security services still hankered after key escrow. So a sunset clause was put in the bill. The May 2000 Electronic CommunicationsAct gave the Home Office the power to create a registration regime for encryption services. This was given a five year period before it would automatically lapse. The five years expired in May 2005 and the legislation granting such a power disappeared from the statute book. References reflist refs ref name BBC cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi business 863144.stm title Net ... links UK SLD 1471240 the Electronic CommunicationsAct 2000 OPSI http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2000 ukpga 20000007 en 1 the Electronic CommunicationsAct 2000 http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2000 en ukpgaen 20000007 en 1 Explanatory notes to the Electronic CommunicationsAct 2000 from the Office of Public ... more details
The Cable CommunicationsAct of 1984 Public Law 98 549 was an act of Congress passed on October 30, 1984 to promote competition and deregulate the cable industry. The act established a national policy for the regulation of cable communications by federal, state, and local authorities. Conservative Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona wrote and supported the act, which amended the CommunicationsAct of 1934 ... that inspired Senator Barry Goldwater to begin his work on the Cable CommunicationsAct of 1984 ... of the larger CommunicationsAct of 1934 , the Cable CommunicationsAct of 1984 has been amended ... by the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act . The FCC hoped that the newly adopted regulations ... on what became the Cable CommunicationsAct of 1984. The need for an act to determine who holds regulatory ... name Williams Structure The Cable Communication Act of 1984 is Title VI General Provisions of the Communications .... ref name Claire Repeal wikisource Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 The Cable Communications ... Cable CommunicationsAct of 1984 http www.fcc.gov Reports 1934new.pdf CommunicationsAct of 1934 as amended ... 1984 Cable Franchise Policy And CommunicationsAct Category 1984 in law Cable Franchise Policy and CommunicationsAct Category 1984 in the United States Cable Franchise Policy and CommunicationsAct .... The scholarly article, Perceived Impact of the Cable Policy Act of 1984, published in the Journal ..., where in the past, each of these entities had vied for dominance. The Cable Act was to be the solution ... year 1987 title Perceived Impact of the Cable Policy Act of 1984 journal Journal of Broadcasting ... systems. The act gave municipalities, governing bodies of cities and towns, principle authority to grant and renew franchise licenses for cable operations. The framers of the act hoped that this would ... and procedures, the act specified that cable operators were expected to be receptive to their local communities needs and interests. By establishing an orderly process for franchise renewal, the act ... more details
The Stored CommunicationsAct SCA ref http www4.law.cornell.edu uscode 18 usc sup 01 18 10 I 20 121.html US Code Title 18,Chapter 121 Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Access. ref is a law that was enacted by the United States Congress in 1986. It is not a stand alone law but forms part of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act it is codified as 18 U.S.C. 2701 to 2712. The SCA addresses voluntary and compelled disclosure of stored wire and electronic communications and transactional records held by third party internet service providers ISPs . The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the people s right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures . However, when applied to information stored online, the Fourth Amendment s protections are potentially far weaker. In part, this is because the Fourth Amendment defines the right to be secure in spatial terms that do not directly apply to the reasonable expectation of privacy in an online context. In addition, society has not reached clear consensus over expectations of privacy in terms of more modern and developing, future forms of recorded ... Kerr, Orin S., http ssrn.com abstract 421860 A User s Guide to the Stored CommunicationsAct, and a Legislator .... ref The SCA creates Fourth Amendment like privacy protection for email and other digital communications ... which provides to users thereof the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications. A remote ... services by means of an electronic communications system. Section 2703 of the SCA describes the conditions ... customer communications or records. In general, ISPs are forbidden to divulge to any person or entity ... communications held in electronic communications services, which require a search warrant and probable ... s En Banc Reversal in Warshak Sidesteps Constitutionality of Stored Communication Act s Delayed ... v. Lower Merion School District The Act was invoked in the 2010 Robbins v. Lower Merion School ... more details
The Kenya Communications Amendment Act, 2008 is a Kenya n Act of Parliament that was passed by the 10th Kenyan Parliament and signed into law by President Mwai Kibaki on January 2, 2009. It is a controversial amendment of the Kenya CommunicationsAct, 1998 which gives the state power to raid media houses and control the distribution of content. It also gives the government the right to penalise media infractions with heavy fines and prison terms sole discretion in granting broadcast licences control of programme content and broadcasts. The bill was opposed by the Orange Democratic Movement ODM of Prime Minister Raila Odinga , and the Kenyan Union of Journalists . Due to protests by Kenyan journalists, Kibaki ordered the attorney general and information minister to review the Act and suggest any possible amendments ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi africa 7817567.stm Kenya media welcomes law review ref possible amendments could address such contentious areas as Section 88 92. ref http fortysouth.com 2008 12 14 its already part of the constitution It s Already Part of the Constitution ref References Reflist External links Text of the Act http www.scribd.com doc 8676972 The Kenya Communications Amendment Bill 2008 in Flash and http www.kenyalaw.org Downloads Bills 2008 The Kenya Communications 20 Amendment 20Bill 2008.pdf in PDF Category Kenyan law Category Kenyan legislation Category Kenyan media Category 10th Kenyan Parliament ... more details
The Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 is a United States federal law enacted as Public Law 106 81 of October 26, 1999. It is also known as the 911 Act . The act required the setup of enhanced 911 and mandated that 911 serve as the emergency number for non land line phones as well. It was an amendment to the CommunicationsAct of 1934 as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 . House The Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act began as H.R. 438 in the 106th Congress. The purpose of the bill was To promote and enhance public safety through use of 911 as the universal ... h106 438 Gov Track Report on Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act ref Senate The Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act moved from the House and was presented in the Senate on April ... service. blockquote Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 Amends the CommunicationsAct of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission FCC and any agency or entity to which ... Releases 2000 nrwl0029.html FCC takes steps to implement the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 , FCC. Category United States federal communications legislation Category 1999 in the United ... were held in the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications. On June ... d106query.html Library of Congress, Bill Summary and Status S. 800 ref Summary blockquote The 911 Act ... deployment of a nationwide, seamless communications infrastructure for emergency services that includes wireless communications. To ensure a comprehensive approach to emergency service throughout the country, the 911 Act directs the FCC to make 911 the universal emergency number for wireline and wireless ... as an emergency telephone number on the date of enactment of the 911 Act. It further directs the FCC to encourage and support the States in developing comprehensive emergency communications ... the FCC to encourage and support efforts by States to deploy comprehensive end to end emergency communications ... more details
The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CALEA is a United States wiretapping law passed in 1994, during the presidency of Bill Clinton Pub. L. No. 103 414, 108 Stat. 4279, codified at 47 USC 1001 1010 . In its own words, the purpose of CALEA is To amend title 18, United States Code , to make clear a telecommunications carrier s duty to cooperate in the interception of communications for Law Enforcement purposes, and for other purposes. CALEA s purpose is to enhance the ability of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to conduct electronic surveillance by requiring that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment modify and design their equipment ... Digital Surveillance The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act , Congressional Research ... collects, stores, indexes, and analyzes communications data. ref name point click eavesdrop wikisource ... to conduct criminal investigations requiring wiretapping of digital telephone networks. The Act obliges .... The act stipulates that it must not be possible for a person to detect that his or her conversation ... to perform surveillance of all communications that travel over the Internet such as Internet ... Communications Commission FCC to expand their powers to include the ability to monitor VoIP and broadband internet communications so that they could monitor Web traffic as well as phone calls. The Electronic ... us articles LIIPWhitePaperv21 2Epdf White Paper on Lawful Interception of IP Networks wikisource Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 http www.fcc.gov calea FCC CALEA Home page http www.askcalea.net FBI CALEA Website http ...? The Critics Are Unanimous Lasar s Letter on the Federal Communications Commission http www.lasarletter.net ... wiretapping plan Lasar s Letter on the Federal Communications Commission http www.cybertelecom.org ... States federal communications legislation Category Privacy of telecommunications Category Privacy ... more details
Orphan date October 2008 Minimal decency is an ethical requirement according to the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant . It refers to the minimum requirement of kindness obliged by Kantian ethics those actions which go beyond the call of duty are considered http plato.stanford.edu entries supererogation supererogation . People need not engage in supererogation in order to be responsible moral agent moral agents . The distinction between minimal decency an ethical obligation and supererogation helps moral agents understand and protect their own and each other s http www.quodlibet.net kant.shtml rational autonomy . Category Kantianism philo stub ... more details
Outraging public decency is a common law offence in England and Wales . ref name halsbury Halsbury s Laws of England 5th edition, volume 26, paragraph 717 ref As a common law offence it in punishable by unlimited imprisonment and or an unlimited fine. ref name halsbury History Expand section date February 2011 Definition Modern case law has established two elements that must be satisfied for the offence to be committed ref name lawcom cite web title Simplification of Criminal Law Public Nuisance and Outraging Public Decency Consultation Paper No 193 url http www.lawcom.gov.uk docs cp193.pdf publisher Law Commission accessdate 7 February 2011 ref ref http www.bailii.org ew cases EWCA Crim 2007 2062.html nowiki 2007 EWCA Crim 2062, 2008 QB 224 para 21 CA nowiki ref The act was of such a lewd character as to outrage public decency this element constituted the nature of the act which had to be proved before the offence could be established, and it took place in a public place and must have been capable of being seen by two or more persons who were actually present, even if they had not actually seen it. Usage The offence is currently prosecuted around 400 500 times per year. ref name lawcom ref http ninetyone.org policehistory sources files commonlawoffences.pdf Common Law Offences Charged and Reaching a first hearing in Magistrates Courts , Crown Prosecution Service ref References reflist Use dmy dates date February 2011 Category Crimes Category English criminal law ... more details
Infobox NPO organization name American Decency Association organization logo Image American Decency Association Logo.jpg 175px organization motto organization type Christian right organization founded 1999 by Bill Johnson location flagicon USA Fremont, Michigan Fremont , Michigan , United States U.S. key people Bill Johnson, President fields services num members homepage http www.americandecency.org The American Decency Association ADA is a non profit organization associated with the Christian right based in Fremont, Michigan . Its principal cause is against pornography and indecent media. ref http www.americandecency.org ADA official website ref The ADA was founded in 1999 by former elementary school teacher , Bill Johnson, the first named state director of the American Family Association AFA from 1987 to 1999. ref http americandecency.org main.php?f about people board Our board. ADA official website ref The organization was formally known as the Michigan chapter of the AFA. The mission of the ADA, according to their official website, is ...to educate its members and the general public on matters of decency to initiate, promote, encourage and coordinate activity designed to safeguard and advance public morality consistent with biblical Christianity. ref http americandecency.org main.php?f about beliefs mission Mission Statement. ADA official website ref Activism The tactic of choice for the ADA is letter writing and threatening boycott s ref name mediamouse.org Michigan Religious Right Organization Leads Boycott against Victoria s Secret. Media Mouse. 12 December 2006. http www.mediamouse.org features 121206michi.php ref ref name ReferenceA http americandecency.org main.php ... , February 8, 2006. ref filed U.S. Federal Communications Commission FCC indecency complaints about ... Act Now to clean up indecency on the airwaves ADA official site. 16 December 2005. http www.americandecency.org ... Disinvites Detroit Pistons Dancers Decency Advocate Applauds. AgapePress. 25 Jan. 2006. http headlines.agapepress.org ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Public Honesty Decency is a Annulment Annulment in the Catholic Church diriment impediment to marriage , a prohibition that prevents a marriage bond from being formed. It arises from a valid betrothal between the male party to the contract and the blood relatives of the woman in the first degree mother, daughter, sister , and conversely between the woman and the blood relatives of the man in the same degree father, son, brother . Once existing, the impediment always remains, even though the betrothal is lawfully broken. Second, this impediment, for a stronger reason, arises from a marriage contract, where the marriage was not consummated, even if the marriage be invalid, unless the invalidity be due to lack of lawful consent. In cases where the marriage is consummated, public decency gives way to affinity. External links http www.newadvent.org cathen 12554a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia Public Honesty Decency Category Canon law Catholic Church Canon Law stub Catholic ... more details
Fox Attacks Decency is a 2007 viral video produced by Robert Greenwald , a political Documentary film documentary Film director director . It was produced by Brave New Films . It attacks what it asserts is Fox News gratuitous use of sexual images and topics on its shows. ref Jason Linkins, Fox Attacks...Decency Network Preaches Moral Values In Between Clips Of Soft Porn Huffington Post http www.huffingtonpost.com 2007 11 08 fox attacksdecency ne n 71629.html ref ref FOX News Sexsational, or Why do you think they re called media whores? http www.newshounds.us 2007 11 15 fox news sexsational or why do you think theyre called media whores.php ref Brave New Films asserted that Fox News engages in sexual objectification , in the course of reporting on sexual controversies on the news. ref Brave New Films press release for Fox Attacks Decency Brave New Films Tells FCC FOX News Explicit Content Inappropriate for Basic Cable Households Nov. 8, 2007 http www.commondreams.org news2007 1108 06.htm ref It is associated with the Brave New Films associated site, Fox News Porn, which satirizes Fox News, while relying on images from Fox News. http foxnewsporn.com ?utm source rgemail Production of the site relied on research by Newshounds. http www.newshounds.us External links http www.youtube.com watch?v whYi8sCF5Pg Link to Fox Attacks Decency http foxnewsporn.com ?utm source rgemail Fox News Porn Brave New Films produced page References Reflist Category Viral videos ... more details
nofootnotes date January 2010 The National Legion of Decency was an organization dedicated to identifying and combating objectionable content, from the point of view of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, in motion pictures . For the first quarter century or so of its existence, the legion wielded great power in the American motion picture industry . The Legion was founded in 1933 by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati Archbishop of Cincinnati John T. McNicholas as the Catholic Legion of Decency CLOD in response to an address given by Nuncio apostolic delegate Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani at the Catholic Charities Convention in New York City. Cicognani warned against the massacre of innocence of youth and urged a campaign for the purification of the cinema. Though established by Roman Catholic bishops, the Legion originally included many Protestant and even some Jewish clerics. It was renamed in April 1934, substituting National for Catholic . 1952 Joseph Burstyn ... States . Subsequent history of the Legion of Decency and successors 1966&ndash 2001 By the 1960s, however ... A Morally unobjectionable B Morally objectionable in part C Condemned by the Legion of Decency ... pledge for the Legion, which read in part I wish to join the Legion of Decency, which condemns ... those which do not offend decency and Christian morality. The pledge was revised in 1934 I condemn all .... In 1938, the league requested that the Pledge of the Legion of Decency be administered each year ... Bishops Office for Film and Broadcasting &mdash successor List of films condemned by the Legion of Decency ... 0,9171,762190 1,00.html Legion of Decency Time magazine, 1934 Bibliography Greg Black Hollywood ... Press 1998 ISBN 0521629055 Paul Facey The Legion of Decency A Sociological Analysis of the Emergence ... 2008 ISBN 9780700616190 James Skinner The Cross and the Cinema The Legion of Decency and the National ... www.oscars.org mhl sc nationall 122.html The National Legion of Decency Collection at the Academy ... more details
The European Social Charter Social Charter initially defined what many UK campaigning groups termed the Council of Europe decency threshold in the 1960s as 68 of average earnings within a national economy . The definition was modified to that of 60 of Net pay net earnings As of 2004 alt as of July 2004 in order to take account of the difficulties experienced in taking into account initiatives such as redistributive tax systems when calculating adequate incomes. There are a number of anomalies between the previous use of this threshold by UK campaigning groups and the way in which it is understood by the Secretariat of the European Social Charter. The exact origins of the term Council of Europe Decency Threshold are vague, but it is said to be an incorrect term as the Council of Europe did not create it. It is therefore now more commonly referred to as the European Social Charter Adequate Remuneration Threshold or ESCART. Many pressure group s in the UK used the original method of calculation to call for a higher minimum wage . Before its closure, the Low Pay Unit used this threshold in campaigning in addition to calling for a minimum wage of half male median earnings, rising to 2 3 over the next few years. However, it like many other organisations had expressed reservations about the usefulness of the Threshold following the move to a definition of 60 of net average earnings, primarily because this was a far lower monetary amount than the Threshold as previously defined. The Scottish Low Pay Unit , an independent organisation with similar aims to the now defunct London based Low Pay Unit, continue to campaign for a higher National Minimum Wage in this way although they do not use the ESCART due to difficulties in obtaining accurate net earnings figures for the UK. They have also produced a briefing outlining the advantages and disadvantages of the calculation. socio stub Category Council of Europe Category Income distribution ... more details
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