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Barbara Simons
- posted on 2000-10-01 21:28:18
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I am strongly opposed to censorship. A major problem is determining who decides what is appropriate and what is not. Is a web page that provides psychological support for teen-age homosexuals pornographic? What about one that discusses how to prevent sexually transmitted diseases? or a museum web site that contains pictures of nudes? or a medical web site that contains realistic depictions of the human body?
The best way to deal with kids and the Internet is for parents to supervise their children's interactions on the Internet. Parents also should teach their children how to return to the previous location if they find themselves at an inappropriate site - or, if necessary, to reboot the computer. Unsatisfactory as some people will find this approach, it provides more options than are given in a number of other situations, for example when traveling with children on airplanes that show violent, sexual, or sexist films.
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Donald Langenberg
- posted on 2000-09-24 12:07:52
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My personal attitudes about that are quite conservative, but I think the overriding principle is that censorship on the Net (or any other communication channel) is bad and should be avoided.
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Lyman Chapin
- posted on 2000-09-22 08:05:46
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I don't see any fundamental difference between sexual content on the Internet and sexual content elsewhere.
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Harris Miller
- posted on 2000-09-22 05:38:39
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This is a topic that I believe is firmly outside the specific mandate of ICANN, which is to focus on technical standards and implementation issues.
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Emerson Tiller, J.D., Ph.D.
- posted on 2000-09-20 19:59:31
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I think ICANN should involve itself as little as possible with this issue. Local standards should be respected because the perceived appropriateness of sexual content differs by country. General concensus on appropriateness would be difficult to reach, with child pornography probably being the major exception.
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Lawrence Lessig
- posted on 2000-09-20 17:25:06
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There is sex; therefore there is sex on the
net. This truth none can change. But I
think the thrust of the question is how I
feel about efforts to control or regulate
sexual content on the net. My view is that
they have all, so far, been flawed in
important ways. Poorly structured laws
have induced an industry of censorware.
I believe parents should have the ability to
control access of some materials to their
kids. But I also do not believe it the role of
ICANN to enter into that political debate.
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