Net Blockers, Filters and the First Amendment


| How The Internet Works | Sales Tax & E-Commerce | Computer Viruses & Scams (including Fraud) | Computer Myths, Hoaxes, & Urban Legends | Child Safety Online | How Filters Work | V-Chip / Filters for TV | Movie / TV Ratings | Filters & the First Amendment | Hate Crimes | Online Privacy | Banned Books | Time Digital |

How The Internet Works


  • Internet In The News | Internet: The Big Picture |
  • A Tour of How the Internet Works | Web Orientation |

    Sales Tax & E-Commerce


  • Guide to e-Commerce
  • Electronic Commerce Page (WWW Virtual Library Project)
  • Taxing E-Commerce
  • Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (U.S. congressional commission)
  • Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce's report submitted to Congress April 12, 2000
  • E-Quality: Ensuring a Level Playing Field for American Business (National Governors' Association)
  • National Tax Association Communications And Electronic Commerce Tax Project (industry-state tax initiative --neutral site)
  • E-Fairness: A Level Playing Field for the New Economy (Industry coalition)
  • Internet Tax Fairness Coalition (alliance of business groups)
  • Sales Tax and the Internet (Online Auction Users Association)
  • Internet & Taxes (Yahoo! Full Coverage)

    Computer Viruses & Scams (including Fraud)


    Cyber Security Tips (U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team)
    Computer Viruses
  • Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
  • The Electronic Frontier: The Challenge of Unlawful Conduct Involving Use of the Internet (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
  • Computer Incident Advisory Capability (DOE)
  • Computer Viruses | Truth about Computer Virus Myths&Hoaxes | AntiOnline |
  • Wild List (Computer viruses currently out there "in the wild")

    Computer Myths, Hoaxes, & Urban Legends


  • Purportal.com (The Bunk Stops Here. I.e. Search this site before you forward!!)
  • Hoax News | Hoaxbusters (CIAC) |
  • TruthOrFiction.com | Don't Spread That Hoax |
  • Urban Legends Reference Pages | alt.folklore.urban & Urban Legends Archive | Urban Legends Combat Kit |
    Computer Scams (Including Fraud)
  • On Guard Online.gov
  • Looks Too Good To Be True (FBI, US Post Office)
  • Internet Crime Complaint Center
  • Top Ten Consumer Fraud Complaints (FTC)
  • Prescreened Offers of Credit or Insurance (FTC) (See also credit. )
  • ScamBusters.org | Scamorama.com |
  • Avoiding Internet Investment Scams: Tips for Investors (SEC)
  • Crimes-Of-Persuasion (Including the stuffing-envelopes & other work-at-home scams)
  • Network Abuse Clearinghouse (To complain about spam, etc.)
  • Break The Chain (Stop email chain letters)
  • See also Identity Theft

    Resources for Parents Regarding Child Safety Online & Sites Especially for Kids


  • Stop Bullying Now! (Including Cyber-Bullying)
  • See also V-Chip / Filters for TV / Violence on TV below
  • Stay Safe.org | Wired Safety.org |
  • NetSmartz.org | Get Net Wise |
  • The Childrens Partnership (TCP)
  • Child Safety on the Information Highway (Natl Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
  • Kidz Privacy (Federal Trade Commission)
  • Parents Guide to the Internet (U.S. Dept. of Education)
  • National Parent Information Network (ERIC)
  • Youth Division (Internet Public Library)
  • Flat Stanley Project

    CyberTip (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)


    Net Blockers, Filters and How They Work


  • Children's Internet Protection Act: The Recent District Court Decision....
  • Filters & Filtering | Internet Blocking & Censorware |
  • Freedom to Read Foundation | Freedom to Read |
  • Internet Content Rating Association | Internet Censorship Programs |
  • Internet Filters | Family Surf ISP (Filtered ISP) |

    V-Chip / Filters for TV / Violence on TV


  • V-Chip Home Page (Federal Communications Commission)
  • Kids and Unsupervised Media
  • Conference on Children & TV
  • Center for Media Education
  • Media and the Developing Mind (Annenberg Public Policy Center)[Effect of the Internet on children]

    Movie / TV Ratings


  • Parental Media Guide (What the Ratings Mean)
  • Movie Ratings (MPA) | More Movie Ratings (MPA) |
  • A Parent's Guide to the TV Ratings and the V-Chip (V-Chip Education Project)[includes what the ratings mean]
  • Parental Guidelines | Movie Review Query Engine (fulltext movie reviews) |
  • Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents | Roger Ebert on Movies | Ebert's Great Movies |

    Filters and the First Amendment


  • Center for Democracy and Technology | Internet Free Expression Alliance
  • Free Expression Project | Free Expression Network |
  • Media Coalition | ACLU |
  • Student Law Press Center | Freedom Forum Online |
  • First Amendment Handbook
  • Cyberspace Law Center (Find Law search engine)

    Hate Crimes


  • Hate Crimes In America

    Online Privacy


  • Privacy Issues Page | Top 10 Ways to Protect Privacy Online |
  • Electronic Privacy Information Center | Online Privacy Alliance |
  • Think Before You Post | Point Smart Click Safe | Anonymizer |
  • Privacy (FTC) | SafeShopping.org (American Bar Assn.) |
  • Net Smarts | Opt Out | Cookie Central |
  • Kidz Privacy (Federal Trade Commission)
  • See also Cyber-Privacy

    Banned Books


  • Banned Books Week | (American Library Assn.)
  • Banned Books On-Line | Parents Against Bad Books in Schools (Or, Controversial & Challenged Books in Schools) |
  • The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990 through 2000 (American Library Assn.)
  • Most Frequently Banned Books in the 1990's
  • Books That Have Been Challenged (And Why)
  • Student Press Law Center
  • Freedom Forum Online (Free Press, Free Speech, 1st Amendment, etc.)
  • Digital Freedom Network (International freedom of the press, freedom of speech, etc.)
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