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1 UCLA J.L. & Tech. [1] (1997)

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                      IN THE   NAME   OF  CHILDREN:

 CONGRESSIONAL EFFORTS TO BAN SEX AND VIOLENCE FROM THE

                                  MEDIA

                            George Vradenburg III

                              Latham &  Watkins

             Entertainment, Sports & Media Industry Practice Group

                                 March 1996


      { 11 Washington has passed a law to regulate media sex and violence. It is

doing so in the hope that a reduction of sexual and violent images to which our

children are exposed will improve our deteriorating social conditions. Many are

dubious about the efficacy of attacking the culture of sex and violence rather than the

underlying social ills; and many lawyers are skeptical of the whole notion that

Congress has the power under the First Amendment to regulate culture at all, even in

the name of children. Nevertheless, the media has become the target of choice for

politicians seeking to respond to widespread public concern about the general

breakdown of civility in society.


      {2} The Telecommunications Act of 1996, now law, takes two distinct

approaches to regulation of media sex and violence. One would mandate electronic

television ratings, activated by parents through a V-Chip to be required in all future

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