首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
In a quiet courtroom tucked away in a federal building here, a titanic battle is competing free speech against government effort
In a quiet courtroom tucked away in a federal building here, a titanic battle is competing free speech against government effort
admin
2014-06-13
33
问题
In a quiet courtroom tucked away in a federal building here, a titanic battle is competing free speech against government efforts to protect children from the seemingly limitless pages of pornography in cyberspace.
Titled simply enough, the American Library Association vs. the United States of American, the trial will determine the constitutionality of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA).
(46)
Passed by Congress in December 2000, the law requires all libraries that receive federal technology funds to install "protection measures" on all computers that have access to the Internet.
In other words, they must have blocking software to prevent youngsters from accidentally, or even intentionally, getting a peek at the multitude of hard-core sites available with just a few well-placed clicks on a computer terminal.
To free-speech advocates from librarians to the American Civil Liberties Union, it’s a well-intentioned but dangerous assault on America’s First Amendment freedoms. (47)
They argue that even the best blocking software is so flawed that it would also limit adult access to a wide array of constitutionally protected speech.
"It’s very easy to suggest that we all believe in the First Amendment, we just want to keep our kids safe", says John Berry, president of the American Library Association in Chicago. (48)
"But as soon as you start making those kinds of concessions, you began to undermine one of our founding principles, and you can’t sacrifice those kinds of things for a little temporary security".
Supporters of the Internet-filtering law argue that the First Amendment has nothing to do with CIPA because it’s nothing more than a funding bill. If libraries have objections, they simply don’t have to accept the federal funds upon which the blocking software’s use is conditioned.
There’s the whole issue of the blocking software itself: Does it work or not? (49)
One study of more than 7,000 websites that had been blocked by the various software companies found that between 65 and 70 percent of the sites were "deemed to have potential value" to a library user.
As to worries about overblocking, the law’s supporters note the law allows adults to ask a librarian to turn off the blocking software.
(50)
But the librarians argue that the mandatory filter does take discretion away from librarians and their communities, which pay for about 80 percent of the average library’s budget, and gives it to the federal government.
After this three-judge panel rules, one side or the other is expected to file an appeal, and that will go directly to the Supreme Court.
选项
答案
"但是一旦做出这类妥协,我们的一项立国之本也就开始受到破坏,所以不能在这些事情上做出牺牲以换取一点点暂时的安全"。
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/cjO4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Scienceandpoliticsareinextricablylinked.AtascientificconferenceonclimatechangeheldthisweekinCopenhagen,fouren
Scienceandpoliticsareinextricablylinked.AtascientificconferenceonclimatechangeheldthisweekinCopenhagen,fouren
IntheUSA,85%ofthepopulationovertheageif21approveofthedeathpenalty.Inthemanystateswhcihstillhavethedeath
Achildmayleanagainstadoorpostwithhisorherarmsfolded.Totheonlooker,itmaylooklikeabenignposture—however,the
Ineverycultivatedlanguagetherearetwogreatclassesofwordswhich,takentogether,comprisesthewholevocabulary.First,
Ineverycultivatedlanguagetherearetwogreatclassesofwordswhich,takentogether,comprisesthewholevocabulary.First,
AsPhiladelphiagrewfromasmalltownintoacityinthefirsthalfoftheeighteenthcentury,itbecameanincreasinglyimport
ErnestHemingwaywasoneofthemostimportantAmericanwritersinthehistoryofcontemporaryAmericanliterature.Hewasthe【1
Humanbeingsareanimals.Webreathe,eatanddigest,andreproducethesamelife(1)_____commontoallanimals.Inabiologica
随机试题
电线电缆成束敷设时,应采用()。
Ontheanniversaryoftheartist’sbirth,VanGogh’sSunflowerswas【C1】________forjustunder£25millionatthefineartauctio
下列关于违法性认识的说法错误的是?()
依据《消防法》的规定,举行大型集会、灯会等群众性活动,具有火灾危险的,主办单位应当制定(),落实消防安全措施,并经公安消防机构检查合格后,方可举办。
X省Y事业单位该年年初准备使用财政性资金修缮和装修一幢办公楼,预算金额为800万元,采用公开招标方式,经确认,此次采购项目已经达到公开招标的标准。该单位委托甲招标公司代理进行公开招标的事宜,已知甲公司取得的政府采购代理机构资格的中介机构。甲公司于3月1日在
分组轮换
欧洲航天局2007年4月11日宣布,格林尼治时间8时07分(北京时间16时07分),飞抵()附近的欧航局“快车”完成了减速过程,顺利地首次进入环行星椭圆形轨道。
行政效率的原则要求()。
Childrenmodelthemselveslargelyontheirparents.Theydosomainlythroughidentification.Childrenidentify【C1】______apare
甲、乙二人签订买卖合同,约定:甲以3000元的价格购买乙的手机,合同履行中的争议,应当协商解决,如果无法协商,任何一方有权向甲住所地的法院提起诉讼。此后,甲、乙协议解除买卖合同,但是甲已经支付2000元,乙已经交付手机。根据上述材料,回答下列问题并且说明
最新回复
(
0
)