Statement by President Clinton in reaction to Court Decision


                             THE WHITE HOUSE



                      Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                       June 12, 1996



                         STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT



The Justice Department is reviewing today's three judge panel court

decision on the Communications Decency Act.  The opinion just came down

today, and the statute says we have twenty days to make an appeal.



I remain convinced, as I was when I signed the bill, that our Constitution

allows us to help parents by enforcing this Act to prevent children from

being exposed to objectionable material transmitted though computer

networks.  I will continue to do everything I can in my Administration to

give families every available tool to protect their children from these

materials. For example, we vigorously support the development and

widespread availability of products that allow both parents and schools to

block objectionable materials from reaching computers that children use.

And we also support the industry's accelerating efforts to rate Internet

sites so that they are compatible with these blocking techniques.



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