![]() is a law professor at Belmont who publishes widely on First Amendment topics. American Library Association (2003).ĭavid L. The ALA also contends the legislation is unnecessary because of the Children’s Internet Protection Act, enacted in December 2000 and upheld by the Supreme Court in United States v. ALA asserted that DOPA would violate the First AmendmentĬritics, such as the American Library Association (ALA), assert that DOPA would violate the First Amendment by blocking access to material that is not harmful to minors. ![]() Another version, the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2007, was introduced in the House in February 2007. The bill was referred to a Senate committee but did not make it to a full Senate vote. The House passed DOPA in July 2006 by a vote of 410–26. DOPA would require public schools and libraries to block social networkingĪccording to factual findings presented in the legislation, sexual predators often “approach minors on the Internet using chat rooms and social networking websites” moreover, “one in five children has been approached sexually on the Internet.”ĭOPA would require public schools and libraries that receive federal funds for Internet access to provide a “technology protection measure” that protects children from accessing certain material online, including child pornography, material that is obscene or harmful to minors, or “commercial social networking website(s) or chat room(s) unless used for an educational purpose with adult supervision.” Bill required parental permission required for access to some sitesįurther, DOPA’s “technology protection measure” would require children to have parental authorization to access social networking websites and would inform “parents that sexual predators can use these websites and chatrooms to prey on children.” House of Representatives in May 2006, DOPA is designed to protect children from sexual predators online. The proposed federal Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) would require public schools and libraries to block student access to “ social networking websites,” such as, raising questions about minors’ First Amendment rights. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, used with permission from the Associated Press) ![]() In this 2003 photo, children use computers at the public library in the Roxbury neighborhood in Boston. The proposed federal Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) would require public schools and libraries to block student access to “social networking websites,” such as, raising questions about minors’ First Amendment rights. ![]()
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