Information Technology Acts

Information Technology Acts
Bonnie Espanol
BIS/220
December 6, 2011
Allan Bailey

Information Technology Acts Congress has enacted many laws to protect the ethics of the citizens of the United States within the age of technology. Several of these laws or acts are less than a decade old. As our nations technology progresses the laws on technology in the United States progress right along with it. Two of the acts are going to be discussed within this paper these acts are Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 1986 and the other is Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000.
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Computer Fraud and Abuse Act was initially crafted in the 1980s to prevent remote computer hacking as away to protect government interest computers. Computer use has extended in the years since it was put into effect. Computer Fraud and abuse Act has equally extended to cover several other computer-related actions. The definition of a computer protected under the Act dramatically expanded to include any computer used in interstate commerce or communication, i.e., any computer connected to the Internet (Pollaro, 2010).
This act made computer hacking a crime that is punishable by the federal law. This can result in time in prison. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act protects ethical computer use which does not involve malice nor should it result in intentional embarrassment, harm or injury to others. Amendments to this act have enacted laws that protect the privacy of computer users from being abused by dishonest computer users out there an example of dishonest users is the computer hacker, or the person who commits identity theft.
Children’s Internet Protection Act The Children’s Internet Protection Act is a federal law that was enacted by congress to attend to concerns about students gaining access to offensive subjects on the Internet on school and library computers. Children’s Internet Protection Act imposes certain types of requirements on any school or library that receives funding for Internet access or internal connections from the E-rate program – a program that makes certain communications technology more affordable for eligible schools and libraries ("Children 'S Internet Protection Act ", 2009). Schools and libraries it is a requirement to confirm that they have their safety policies and technology in position before receiving E-rate funding. Another requirement this act has is that schools are to adopt and put into effect a policy to supervise online activities of children. Any person can log on the World Wide Web without a face, name or even a voice because of Acts and laws were made to guard the virtue of our children and one of them is the Children’s Internet Protection Act. There are some instances where schools and libraries can shut down the filtering technology for legitimate research or other legally recognized purposes.
There are issues of too much being blocked and letting other things in that are supposed to be locked out getting through.

References
Pollaro, G. (2010). DISLOYAL COMPUTER USE AND THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT: NARROWING THE SCOPE. Duke Law & Technology Review, (11/12), 1-11.
Children 's Internet Protection Act. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens- internet-protection-act

References: Pollaro, G. (2010). DISLOYAL COMPUTER USE AND THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT: NARROWING THE SCOPE. Duke Law & Technology Review, (11/12), 1-11. Children 's Internet Protection Act. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens- internet-protection-act