LEGISLATION

Connecticut Raised Bill 363: Applying Harmful to Minors Law to Interactive Computer Services

Letter to Co-Chairs of Joint Committee on the Judiciary in Opposition to R.B. 363

Under Connecticut Raised Bill 363, a person would commit the crime of using an "interactive computer service" to display obscenity to a minor if that person used an "interactive computer service" to disseminate to a minor material that is harmful to minors. The law left uncertain the question of whether the definition of "interactive computer service" applied to material on the general Internet.

History: Media Coalition sent to Joint Committee on the Judiciary Chairmen Sen. Andrew McDonald and Rep. Michael Lawlor a memo in opposition to the bill pointing out its constitutional infirmities and the questions it left open. The bill did not pass in 2008.

updated 3/21/08

Litigation:	INTERNET \| RATINGS ENFORCEMENT \| SEIZURE/PRIOR RESTRAINT \| HARMFUL TO MINORS/MINORS' ACCESS \| SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT AND MINORS \| OBSCENITY \| ZONING & LICENSING \| VIOLENT CONTENT \| DISPLAY \| THIRD PARTY LIABILITY \| MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
Legislation:	LEGISLATIVE TRACKER 2011 LEGISLATION \| ALABAMA HOUSE BILL 153: IMPOSING A TAX ON SPEECH \| ALABAMA HOUSE BILL 441: BARRING MINORS' ACCESS TO SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VIDEO GAMES \| ALASKA SENATE BILL 31: RESTRICTING THE DISPLAY OF HARMFUL TO MINORS MATERIAL \| ARIZONA HOUSE BILL 2468: ALLOWING GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT OF INDUSTRY RATING SYSTEMS
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