By laws previously set by the government, obscene
pornography should not be accessible on the Internet.
The government must police the Internet because people
are breaking laws. 'Right now, cyberspace is like a
neighborhood without a police department.'10 Currently
anyone can put anything he wants on the Internet with no
penalties. 'The Communications Decency Act gives law
enforcement new tools to prosecute those who would use a
computer to make the equivalent of obscene telephone calls,
to prosecute 'electronic stalkers' who terrorize their
victims, to clamp down on electronic distributors of obscene
materials, and to enhance the chances of prosecution of
those who would provide pornography to children via a
computer.'
The government must regulate the flow of information on
the Internet because some of the commercial blocking devices
used to filter this information are insufficient.
'Cybercops especially worry that outlaws are now able to use
powerful cryptography to send and receive uncrackable secret
communications and are also aided by anonymous
re-mailers.'11 By using features like these it is
impossible to use blocking devices to stop children from
accessing this information. Devices set up to detect
specified strings of characters will not filter those that
it cannot read.
The government has to stop obscene materials from being
transferred via the Internet because it violates laws
dealing with interstate commerce.