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FEPP Archives - Court and Agency Briefs
- 2002-03
Friend
of the Court Brief in Supreme Court Internet Filtering Case by Organizations
Concerned About the Digital Divide
(February 10, 2003) - FEPP filed a brief on behalf of Partnership
For Progress on the Digital Divide, Harlem Live, and other organizations
arguing that the "Children's Internet Protection Act," which
forces libraries to install Internet filters on all computers, worsens
the digital divide and thus relegates many Americans to second-class information
citizenship. Read the brief in html
or pdf.
Friend
of the Court Brief by 33 Media Scholars in St. Louis Video Games Censorship
Case
(September 25, 2002) - 33 media scholars, historians, psychologists,
and games researchers filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Eighth Circuit, opposing a law that bars minors from video games containing
"graphic violence." The scholars' brief explains that, contrary
to popular belief, most efforts to prove adverse effects from media violence
have yielded null results, and that "experts on childhood and adolescence
have long recognized the importance of violent fantasy play in overcoming
anxieties, processing anger, and providing outlets for aggression."
Read the brief in html or pdf.
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