IP: call for input to NRC project on Tool and Strategies

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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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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