Virtually Obscene: The Case for an Uncensored Internet

by Amy E. White

Book Overview

Free porn. The phrase conjures images of search engine scams, computer viruses and spam emails. It also hints at an important debate--not over cost-free porn, per se, but over a regulation-free internet. As internet usage exploded in the 1990s, so too did the utopian vision of universal access to unregulated information. Differing ideas of obscenity and the United States government's dominion over the web, though, have forced a serious dilemma,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786428015
• ISBN13: 9780786428014
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher