...The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law which was passed by Congress to allocate the offensive content over the Internet. The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires that K-12 schools and libraries in the United States use Internet filters and implement other measures to protect children from harmful online content as a condition for the receipt of certain federal funding. It was signed into law on December 21, 2000 and was found to be constitutional by the United States Supreme Court on June 23, 2003. CIPA obligates the schools and all public libraries to require filters on their computers to stop minors from accessing sites that are not appropriate. (Federal Communications Commission, n.d.) The (CIPA) was passed in December 2000. The main purpose of the CIPA is for the protection of children from obscene, child pornography and other dangers of the internet. CIPA does not precisely state what kind of filtering systems to use. This is the third law that Congress has passed to allocate concerns about the children’s access to the inappropriate Internet sites and it is the only one “that the U.S. Supreme Court found constitutionally defensible.” (Minnesota House of Representatives House Research, 2004) Our kids face online predators and other inappropriate things in chat rooms, online games, pictures of teens drinking, drugs, sexual messages, and even false information about them written online before they are eighteen. (Covenant Eyes, 2012)...
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...Technology Acts Paper MPS BIS/220 July 21, 2014 JM Information Technology Acts Paper With the advancement of technology, like practically everything which exists, comes the pros and the cons, the advantages and disadvantages, the benefits and the liabilities. The Internet or the World Wide Web is no different. It has exposed individuals to a literal wealth of information. It has opened borders, exposed cultures and vastly improved knowledge and productivity. In essence, the Internet has made the world a "smaller" place in that, a person can hold a face-to-face conversation with another person on the other side of the world without ever boarding a plane and information can be sent hundreds of thousands of miles in seconds. But this information highway is not only used to share useful and appropriate information but also harmful and offensive messages, leaving the most vulnerable users, children, at risk. In an effort to protect American children using the vast and almost uncensored internet, in 2000, two Acts took effect, the Children's Internet Protection Act, 1998 and Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, 2000. Due to the advancement in information technology and rising ethical issues, these Acts were necessary in order to hold internet vendors and website operators accountable for the proper handling of children where their personal information and the nature of the information they are exposed to are applicable. The first Act, The Children's Internet Protection...
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...Information Technology Act Paper Shirley Richardson BIS/220 July 7, 2013 David Martin Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000 As the internet grows and become a vast part of how the world communicates. The world is bombarded with the existence of the dangers and threats, especially involving the younger generation. Because of the vast danger and threats, a great need for filtering software has become the center of attraction, world-wide concerning the debate about children, sex, and the internet. In December 2000, Congress passed the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which is a law that places a demand on every school, library, museum, and all public related facilities to ensure there are some form of filtering application in place so, that they can continue receiving Federal funding for computers and internet accessibility. Entangled within the vast talked about dilemma of the internet and its dangers, as it pertains to children’s sexuality, internet filtering software takes up a wide spread of issues resulting in anxiety and fear. The matter that pose a major issue to parents are what the children are being exposed too, such as pornography, sexual images, sexual experience and sexual information, all of these things and more are discovered. The only way to protect the children from these obscenities and the dangers that the children are faced with, will be to educate our children, the responsibility does not fall on the distributors alone but the parents...
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...Information Technology Act BIS/220 April 23, 2012 Information Technology Act In the world we live in today, there’s some type of electronic device being used to connect to the Internet. “The world-wide platform enable individuals to connect, compute, communicate, compete, and collaborate everywhere, and anywhere, anytime and all the time, and to access limitless amounts of information, services, and entertainment”(Kelly Rainer Jr. & Cegielski, 2011). “This platform operates without regard to geography, time, distance, or even language barriers” (Kelly Rainer Jr. & Cegielski, 2011).We use these devices in our homes, in our businesses, in our schools, on our cell phones, and in the public libraries. Now that our children in most cases have unlimited access to the Internet, there is a great possibility that children are exposed to inappropriate material and on predators. In this paper there will be discussion on what were the advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of Children Internet Protection Act, 2000 and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, 1998. Children Internet Protection Act, 2000 In December 2000, President Clinton signed into law The Children’s Internet Protection Act. Through the use of technology protection on measures, schools and public libraries are required to protect minors from the dangers of the Internet (Menuey, B. P. 2009). “The major concern with the implementation...
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...Advancements to Information Technology & the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000 Chris Weimer BIS/220 March 11, 2013 Andrew Caples Advancements to Information Technology & the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000 The advent of the Internet, and subsequent technological developments, enabled people to more easily share and access all types of information. Information technology is defined as, “anything related to computing technology, such as networking, hardware, software, the Internet, or the people that work with these technologies.” (TechTerms.com, 2013) Unfortunately that also meant our children could be exposed to material that was considered harmful or obscene. Despite the benefits the internet offered, people felt the need to ensure the safety and well being of our children. These ethical concerns lead to the creation of the Children’s Internet Protection Act, or CIPA, by Congress in the year 2000. CIPA was created with the sole purpose to ensure that, “schools and libraries that received discounts for internet access, or internal connections through the E Rate program, limited children’s access to obscene or harmful content.” (Federal Communications Commission, May ) CIPA required several criteria to be met in order for schools and libraries to receive their funding. This included “access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet, the safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms and other forms of...
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...Information Technology Acts Cassedra Burdios BIS/220 June 5, 2013 Kevin Brown Information Technology “Fundamental tenets of ethics include responsibility, accountability, and liability,” Rainer and Cegielski (2011). This paper will discuss two information technology acts; along with what ethical issues and information technology advances that caused the acts to be in place. According to Rainer and Cegielski (2011) “Ethics refers to the principles of right and wrong that individuals use to make choices to guide their behaviors.” The two acts that will be covered are the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Children Internet Protection Act (CIPA). The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is meant to protect collected personal information from children under the age of 13. The privacy act provides website operators with the requirements to maintain and protect children’s privacy. In this new century children are skilled navigators of the Internet, and are fascinated with the Internet and the pool of information they can access. Some websites are designed to gather and store information just from the child visiting different websites of interest this method of information is called a click stream (Coppa, 2013). Blogs and chat rooms are another source of obtaining information in an unethical manner, such as home address, phone numbers, and family member’s names. Websites also target children by tempting them with gifts or prizes to fill out...
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...Technology Acts Skye Tsuji BIS/220 September 1, 2014 Patrick Deely Information Technology Acts For years technology has been growing and growing, as a result of this many acts have been put into place. Some of these acts are newer then others and some have been revised to fit the way technology is today, but non the less they are all there to protect use in some form or another. An act is much like a law in that it has certain consequences for disobeying. These consequences can range from a small fee, loss of your business, and or jail time. There are two newer acts from the early 2000 that show how acts can protect you and have consequences if they are not fallowed. The Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003 is one of the many acts in place that protects one’s personal privacy and space. According to the Federal Communications Commission (N.D) it had “been receiving complaints in increasing numbers from consumers throughout the nation about unwanted and uninvited calls to their homes from telemarketers.” This was one of the main reasons for the implementation of the act. Although this act comes in on the coat tails of the Telephone Consumers Protection Act. There are many ethical issues that were behind putting this act together, one of these issues was the selling of personal information, such as phone number. As a result of this there are many people who are now on a Do Not Call List that was set up by the FCC. The Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000 is...
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...Information Technology Acts Kamika Smith University of Phoenix BIS/220 Ross Sines June 16, 2013 Information Technology Acts There were many advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts that the government had to implement. The two that will be discussed in this paper are the Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000, and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act of 1978. Both of these acts were deemed necessary due to increasing address concerns about children’s access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet for the Children’s Internet Protection Act, and to establish the rights and liabilities of consumers as well as the responsibilities of all participants in electronic funds transfer activities for the Electronic Funds Transfer Act. Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000 The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), was enacted by Congress in 2000 to address concerns about children’s access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet. CIPA imposes certain requirements on schools or libraries that receive discounts for Internet access or internal connections through the E-rate program – a program that makes certain communications services and products more affordable for eligible schools and libraries ("Children's Internet Protection Act", ). The advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of this act was when they started having computers...
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...Information Technology Acts Paper The two acts I have selected to write about are the Do Not Call Act of 2003 and the Child’s Internet Protection Act. This paper will provide an understanding why the law required these acts to be established and why each of them played an important role in improving information technology. The first act to be discussed is the Child’s Internet Protection Act and the second act is Do Not Call Act of 2003. Child’s Internet Protection Act The Child’s Internet Protection Act also known as CIPA was established in 2000 by congress to directly address the concerns of children being able to access obscene and harmful sites through the internet. The CIPA imposes specific set of requirements on libraries and schools that receive discounted rate for internet access. In 2001 the FCC issues guidelines and updates to the rules in 2011. CIPA states that any school or library may not qualify for the discounts offered from the E-rate program unless the school or library has a an internet safety policy that covers technology protection measures that blocks obscene, harmful to minors, and child pornography ("Children’s Internet Protection Act", n.d.). The internet is not monitored and because of this children require supervision when access the websites. Schools that are subjected to CIPA rules must meet two additional requirements: 1. Internet safety polices will include monitoring online use of minors 2. Must provide education to minors on appropriate...
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...Information Technology BIS/200 July 2, 2012 In late 2000, the U.S. Congress passed the Children's Internet Protection Act and the Neighborhood Internet Protection Act. “The law places restrictions on the use of federal funding to support libraries if the libraries do not implement both Internet safety policies and implement filters for certain objectionable material which can be accessed over the Internet” (Online Libraries & Microcomputers, 2001). In other words congress wants to control the people of the United States and what they look at online, in a public place. If congress passed this law, it would impact research for education, personal, and professional use. Additionally, this is unethical because the US government should not impose control over what the public has access to on the internet. The United States Government wants to use information technology in public places to monitor the people by what they look at online. By doing so, institutions like public libraries or public schools would have difficulties in completing research due to the restrictions placed by the US Government. Many people go to libraries to use the computers provided to the public to complete research, write papers, or log on to the internet. Less fortunate people that cannot afford a computer or the internet, would be impacted the most. Someone who has a computer and access to internet at home would be able to look up anything they wanted without having restrictions. By only implementing...
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...Children Protection Acts Claudette Irizarry BIS/220 December 3, 2012 Paula Billups Children Protection Acts Children in the twenty-first century are on the internet more than they are watching television. Information technology has had to advance itself to adjust with the new ethical issues that came along with child internet surfers. Privacy and protection acts protect children that use the internet. Two of these acts are the Children’s Internet Protection Act and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. According to "Informationshield.com" (1998), The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) “prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with the collection, use, or disclosure of personally identifiable information from and about children on the Internet.”(para. 1) COPPA is in place to ensure children are being protected because children are learning more and more about technology and using it on a day-to-day basis. They are using it in the classroom at school, at home, and on their cellular devices. There are predators that collect information from websites geared towards children thirteen and under and these individuals try to gain a child’s trust and friendship in order to harm them. These types of ethical issues made the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act necessary. COPPA requires a parent to give consent for a child’s personal information to be collected or put to use for any reason. The companies that have websites...
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...Information Technology Acts Kimberly Bundrick BIS/220 July 9, 2012 Heather Shankwiler Information Technology Acts There are several advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts. The two acts which will be discussed in this paper are the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000 The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law which was passed by Congress to allocate the offensive content over the Internet. CIPA obligates the schools and all public libraries to require filters on their computers to stop minors from accessing sites that are not appropriate. (Federal Communications Commission, n.d.) The (CIPA) was passed in December 2000. The main purpose of the CIPA is for the protection of children from obscene, child pornography and other dangers of the internet. CIPA does not precisely state what kind of filtering systems to use. This is the third law that Congress has passed to allocate concerns about the children’s access to the inappropriate Internet sites and it is the only one “that the U.S. Supreme Court found constitutionally defensible.” (Minnesota House of Representatives House Research, 2004) Our kids face online predators and other inappropriate things in chat rooms, online games, pictures of teens drinking, drugs, sexual messages, and even false information about them...
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...BIS/220 Version 1 April 9, 2010 Information Technology Acts Paper Many laws have been implemented by Congress to protect the integrity of United States citizens. With this fast technology growth. Several of these laws are not even ten years old, especially some Information Technology Acts. As the nation grows, our laws grow just as fast. Information Technology is the “acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of telecommunications and computing”. Includes various areas incluing, computer software and hardware, programming langueages and processes. After doing extensive research in a lot of the Technology Acts, the following acts are going to be discussed within this paper; Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, (CFAA) 1986 and Children’s Protection Act, 2000 (CIPA). CFAA was introduced to reduce cracking of computer systems and to address Federal computer related offenses. This act, which is codified as 18 U.S.C § 1030 covers most federal computer related offenses. California was the first state to legislate a reporting requirement for computer hackers. The CFAA mainly deals with people who have exceeded the scope of authorized access and computer hackers. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The CFAA knows that a cyber-attack can damage a business as well as incur substantial costs responding to unauthorized use or computer hacking. It would not surprise me...
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...Technology Acts Paper BIS/220 February 18, 2013 Information technology has come a long way and will keep further developing. With the information technology advancements it has also resulted in ethical issues that have implemented the creation of acts by the government that should be followed. Two very popular acts that have come about raising ethical issues are the “Do Not Call Implementation Act of 2003” and the “Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000”. The United States passed the Do Not Call Implementation Act in 2003 to protect consumers from unwanted phone calls from telemarketers. The act provides that the FTC( Federal Trades Commission) may establish fees sufficient to implement and enforce the provisions relating to the “do not call” registry. Whoever registered on the “do not call” list could be assured that telemarketers would not be able to reach them any more, this would now be considered illegal as of 2003. People can now rest from those harassing calls that would be non-stop until this law was enacted. The only catch was that if any previous business or contact was done with a specific company this gave them complete access to keep contacting you. So be careful whom you distribute your number to because this will open unwanted doors. The Children’s Internet Protection Act, otherwise known as CIPA, was enacted by congress in the year 2000 to demonstrate the concerns there was about children’s access to obscene or harmful content on the Internet. The "Children's...
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...Information Technology Acts Paper Advances in technology made it possible to obtain almost any information needed by accessing the World Wide Web. These advances have also paved the way for predators and unwarranted solicitors to retrieve private information. Most homes are either equipped with or have access to a computer and Internet. This technology used to be reserved for the government and businesses but is readily available for the individual consumer. The advances have not only made it possible to access information at home but also encourage teenagers and younger children to participate in gathering information via the Internet. Access to the web by children led to the enactment of laws such as the Children Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). These acts were implemented as a security method to aid in the protection of minors. Some websites containing nudity, online pornography, and other explicit content are banned from exploiting children. Children are viewed as easy victims to trick into providing private information or soliciting monetary compensation for obscene content. Because of this perception, additional laws are necessary to protect children when in comes to information technology. CIPA places restrictions on schools and libraries such as limiting the support of federal funding if certain requirements are not adhered. This act was signed by former President Bill Clinton in December 21, 2000. The design...
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