Information Technology Act Paper

Information Technology Acts Paper

Federal Governments or Congresses, for many years had to step into to help and established different lawful Acts to protect and serve our country and “consumers”. There are several different Acts that became lawful over the years by the Federal Governments and Congresses, for instance; Do Not Call Act, 2003, Federal Information Security Management Act, 2002, and Electronic Communication privacy Act, 1984 along with several others. “"The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and our implementing Rule provide important new protections for kids who surf the net and for their parents," (Federal Trade Commission, 2011). Fortunately, I researched two different Acts, Children’s Internet Protect Act, 2000 and Fair Credit Reporting Act, 1970.

Most homes, almost every school and libraries in the United States, have a computer or a few and the majority of them of access to Internet. Computers are important to child’s success in school. Therefore, children could be exposed to several inappropriate materials and online predators. As the years goes by the more advanced technology becomes, Internet becomes use by children and teenagers. The following Acts addresses ethical issues necessitating the creation of the acts and advancement in information technology.

Children's Internet Protection Act, 2000

The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal enact by Congress to express some concerns about access to abhorrent content over the Internet on libraries and schools (Federal Communications Commission.2012). Libraries and schools are demanded to establishes content filters on their systems to keep minors from accessing inappropriate sites. CIPA requires, Internet access to be “E” rated which, is to have an Internet safety policy use of filtering or blocking technology on computers. CIPA protection measure must block the following, Obscene, child pornography, or harmful to minor. December