Chapter 51 – |
Censorship and Content Filtering |
Lee Tien
Seth Finkelstein
Chapter Contents:
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51.1 |
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Introduction
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51.1.1 |
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Scope of This Chapter: Government Intervention
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51.1.2 |
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Whose Laws; Whose Standards?
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Defining Objectional Material: International Differences
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51.1.3.1 |
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Sex
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51.1.3.2 |
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Hate
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51.1.3.3 |
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Politics and Culture
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51.2 |
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The U.S. Context: First Amendment Rights
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51.2.1 |
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What Does the First Amendment Protect?
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51.2.2 |
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Basic First Amendment Principles
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51.2.2.1 |
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Harm/Causation
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Neutrality
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51.2.2.3 |
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Precision
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51.2.2.4 |
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Background Doubt-Resolution Principles
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51.2.3 |
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Limitations on Government Interference with Speech
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51.2.3.1 |
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Distinction between Substantive Tests and Procedural Safeguards: Example of Prior Restraints
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51.2.3.2 |
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Levels of Substantive Scrutiny and the Issue of Content Neutrality
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51.2.3.3 |
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Types of Procedural Scrutiny: Vagueness and Overbreadth
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Exceptions Where Speech Can Legally Be Limited
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51.2.4.1 |
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Neutral Laws of General Applicability
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51.2.4.2 |
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Constitutionalization of Crimes and Torts: Advocacy of Illegality, Threats, and Defamation
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51.2.4.3 |
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"Fighting Words," Obscenity, and Child Pornography (So-called "Unprotected Speech")
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51.2.4.4 |
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Less-Protected Speech, Media, and Recipients
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51.2.5 |
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Legislation and Legislative Initiatives in the United States
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Attempts to Control Access: Case Law
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51.2.6.1 |
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Public Libraries
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Public Schools
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Filtering Technology
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51.3.1 |
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Underlying Principles
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51.3.2 |
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Legal Aspects of Censorware Investigation
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Vulnerabilities and Exploits
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Performance
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51.3.5 |
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Parental Involvement/Responsibility
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51.4 |
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Summary
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51.5 |
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Notes
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51.6 |
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For Further Reading
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