Does the internet eraser button for youth delete first amendment right of others?

Will Facebook and similar posting sites soon come to an end from hefty civil fines and consent decrees? Is Internet discourse at risk? That may be the case if lawmakers succeed in passing the Do Not Track Kids Act.  As drafted, the law would require operators of children directed websites to include...

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Main Author: Jaclyn B. Kurin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2017-07-01
Series:Revista de Investigações Constitucionais
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Online Access:https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/50287
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spelling doaj-f267e45b40f94d4e93841f8571f957ba2020-11-25T04:12:04ZengUniversidade Federal do ParanáRevista de Investigações Constitucionais2359-56392017-07-0142112910.5380/rinc.v4i2.5028727416Does the internet eraser button for youth delete first amendment right of others?Jaclyn B. Kurin0George Mason University School of LawWill Facebook and similar posting sites soon come to an end from hefty civil fines and consent decrees? Is Internet discourse at risk? That may be the case if lawmakers succeed in passing the Do Not Track Kids Act.  As drafted, the law would require operators of children directed websites to include an eraser button to remove user posted content and would penalize mom and pop run sites unable to afford the financial and technological resources to comply with the mandate.  This Note argues that if enacted, the law would constitute a presumptively impermissible burden on Free Speech under the First Amendment and should be subject to strict scrutiny.https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/50287social mediado not track kids acteraser buttonfirst amendmentinformation.
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title Does the internet eraser button for youth delete first amendment right of others?
title_short Does the internet eraser button for youth delete first amendment right of others?
title_full Does the internet eraser button for youth delete first amendment right of others?
title_fullStr Does the internet eraser button for youth delete first amendment right of others?
title_full_unstemmed Does the internet eraser button for youth delete first amendment right of others?
title_sort does the internet eraser button for youth delete first amendment right of others?
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series Revista de Investigações Constitucionais
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publishDate 2017-07-01
description Will Facebook and similar posting sites soon come to an end from hefty civil fines and consent decrees? Is Internet discourse at risk? That may be the case if lawmakers succeed in passing the Do Not Track Kids Act.  As drafted, the law would require operators of children directed websites to include an eraser button to remove user posted content and would penalize mom and pop run sites unable to afford the financial and technological resources to comply with the mandate.  This Note argues that if enacted, the law would constitute a presumptively impermissible burden on Free Speech under the First Amendment and should be subject to strict scrutiny.
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do not track kids act
eraser button
first amendment
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