Information Technology Acts

Chandra Jarmon

BIS/220

March 7, 2013
Darrell Oakland

Information Technology Acts

Many changes have occurred over the past decades and the progression of information technology continues to rise within society. Everyone, from infants to adults access the web in some way, whether it is a cell phone, laptop, gaming system, etcetera. Due to the fact that there are hardly any limitations that can stop what is placed on the internet, laws have passed so innocent users are protected in the best way possible that the government can offer. With modern day technology, the first location a person will visit when they want to find information is the internet. Some sites are real, however, other sites are perceived to be. Creators of web pages have made it hard to trust which to decipher. Site designers can duplicate page names and make individuals think a certain website will load when in reality the link will lead to something harmful to the minds of certain societies. Since the major shift to electronic use is booming, it is pertinent that the younger generation become computer savvy. The youth are starting school as young as three years of age and learning how to surf the web. In this nation, it is in the best interest to protect children from certain online contents and activities in schools and libraries. The Child Internet Protection Act, 2000 (CIPA) mandates that such material be blocked or filtered so that a child will not have access to explicit items. ("Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)", n.d.). The act is intended to protect the children from harmful viewings such as pornographies. It even goes as far as protecting them from cyber bullying. All computer systems must have a way of being monitored. Before this law passed a child easily had access to these items at schools and public library’s. Now, all harmful sites are sieved to where there is no access to these sites. The advancement in early childhood education and linking the learning process to the internet led to the federal agency fighting to enforce the Children Internet Protection Act. Another act that passed is Children Online Privacy Protection Act COPPA, 1998 which protects children under the age of 13. This act entitles that websites are not supposed to collect personal information from these minors below the age of 13 without parent’s consent. Any website that collects