Documents tagged with parental controls

Five Online Safety Task Forces Agree [PFF - Adam Thierer]

In this Progress & Freedom Foundation white paper, PFF senior fellow Adam Thierer surveys the findings of five major online safety task forces that have been convened between 2000 - 2009.
  • Adam Thierer published this 07 / 07 / 2009
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FCC NOI for Child Safe Viewing Act (MB 09-26)

A Notice of Inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launching in investigation into "advanced blocking controls" for wired, wireless, and Internet-based media platforms, as require...
  • Adam Thierer published this 03 / 03 / 2009
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Who Needs Parental Controls PFF

In this piece, I address the argument made by some media and Internet critics who say that government intervention (perhaps even censorship) may be necessary because parental control technologies a...
  • Adam Thierer published this 02 / 27 / 2009
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ISTTF Thierer Closing Statement

Final statement of Adam Thierer, senior fellow at the Progress & Freedom Foundation, regarding the Internet Safety Technical Task Force (ISTTF), which was run by the Berkman Center at Harvard Unive...
  • Adam Thierer published this 01 / 13 / 2009
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New York Video Game Bill (Thierer-PFF)

Progress Snapshot Release 4.15 July 2008 Dear Gov. Patterson… Regarding that Video Game Bill You Are About to Sign Progress Snapshot Release 4.15 July 2008 by Adam Thierer * To: From: Date: Re: ...
  • Adam Thierer published this 07 / 17 / 2008
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Parental Controls and Online Content Protection-Version 4.0 (Adam Thierer - PFF)

This is version 4.0 of "Parental Controls & Online Child Protection: A Survey of Tools and Methods." This booklet is published by the Progress & Freedom Foundation, a Washington, DC-based think tan...
  • Adam Thierer published this 05 / 05 / 2008
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