FC: Call for input from National Academy of Sciences porn panel

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

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Check out the originating legislation 
(http://www4.nas.edu/cpsma/cstb/itas.nsf) passed by Congress. It requests 
the final study address:

(1) The capabilities of present-day computer-based control technologies for 
controlling electronic transmission of pornographic images.

(2) Research needed to develop computer-based control technologies to the 
point of practical utility for controlling the electronic transmission of 
pornographic images.

(3) Any inherent limitations of computer-based control technologies for 
controlling electronic transmission of pornographic images.

(4) Operational policies or management techniques needed to ensure the 
effectiveness of these control technologies for controlling electronic 
transmission of pornographic images.

-Declan

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>From: "Herb Lin" <HLin@nas.edu>
>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu, declan@well.com
>Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 07:38:18 -0500
>Subject: call for input to NRC project on Tool and Strategies
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS and other input -- NRC Project on Tools and Strategies for
>Protecting Kids from Pornography and Their Applicability to Other 
>Inappropriate
>Internet Content
>
>The subject of controlling children's Internet access to pornography is 
>charged
>politically and emotionally in the national debate. Other areas do provoke
>public concern, but pornography on the Internet is and has been a major 
>focus of
>national debate for quite some time.  Recognizing this issue, the U.S. 
>Congress
>asked the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies (which
>include the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering,
>and the Institute of Medicine) to examine tools and strategies for protecting
>kids from pornography and their applicability to other inappropriate 
>material on
>the internet.
>
>To facilitate its study of the relevant issues, the NRC's Committee on 
>Tools and
>Strategies for Protecting Kids from Pornography and Their Applicability to 
>Other
>Inappropriate Material on the Internet seeks white papers from interested
>parties on topics relevant to this issue, as well as a number of other 
>kinds of
>input.
>
>Details on submitting white papers or other input, as well as more information
>on the project, can be found at http://www.itasnrc.org. In particular, the
>topics of interest to the committee can be found at this site, as well as the
>requirements for submission.  Many topics of interest are listed, and
>prospective authors can choose topics not listed as well.)
>
>Contact the project director for more information.
>
>Herb Lin
>itas@nas.edu
>202-334-2605




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