Article Title
Document Type
Note
Publication Date
3-2004
Publication Citation
56 Federal Communications Law Journal 417 (2004)
Abstract
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the expression of diverse viewpoints in virtually any medium. Nevertheless, the modern novelty of "borderless" communication via the Internet strains our ideal of keeping government out of the business of regulating speech. This Note reveals the conflict between the First Amendment's national protections and the Internet's lack of national boundaries, while also arguing for international intervention for the protection of free speech. This Author articulates the real danger of "watered-down speech" unless both the FCC and the international community provide regulations and harmonized international standards for online content that reflect First Amendment protections.
Recommended Citation
Sutton, Michael F.
(2004)
"Legislating the Tower of Babel: International Restrictions on Internet Content and the Marketplace of Ideas,"
Federal Communications Law Journal: Vol. 56:
Iss.
2, Article 7.
Available at:
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/fclj/vol56/iss2/7
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