CDT Sends Letter Opposing Mandatory Labeling

CDT SENDS LETTER OPPOSING MANDATORY LABELING
[SOURCE: Center for democracy & Technology]
CDT urged lawmakers to remove a provision in a major telecommunications bill that would force Internet speakers to place government-sanctioned "warning labels" on a broad range of online content. "Mandatory labeling of legal online content under threat of criminal sanction is ineffective, unwise, and unconstitutional," CDT wrote in a letter addressed Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens and ranking Democrat Daniel Inouye. As written, the provision would apply to a broad range of Internet content, and could force online publishers to tag legal, and often socially valuable, material with a "digital scarlet letter." CDT supports voluntary labeling efforts and has long endorsed the use of voluntary parental control tools such as filters.
CDT Letter: http://www.cdt.org/speech/20060803labeling.pdf