An Alternative to Government Regulation and Censorship: ;ontent Advisory Systems for the Internet C. Dianne Martin, RSAC President, George Washington Universi~ Joseph M. Reagle, Michael Evans, and Pat Share& T Sloan School of Business Management "The RSACi system was developed to provide parents and consumers with objective, detailed reformation about the content of an Internet site, allowing them to make informed decisions regarding site access for themselves and their children." -RSAC home page. T here are approximately 750,000 on-line users below the age of 18. A recently pronounced goal in the United States for the National Information Infrastructure (Nil) is to enable it to provide a level of education to all students that surpasses the highest levels of education available today. Throughout the history of the Nil, education and research were a key motivation for the development of the technology, first as the ARPANET, then the Internet, the NREN, the Nil, and as part of the United States D e p a r t m e n t of Education project GOALS2000. Many of the recent initiatives (from about 1989 onwards) have also focused a great deal on the educational capabilities of these networks for K-12 (grade school)
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