ALA Report on Children's Internet Protection Act

Policy Brief No. 5, June 2014 Fencing Out Knowledge Impacts of the Children’s Internet Protection Act 10 Years Later Kristen R. Batch Offce for Offce for Information Intellectual Technology Freedom Policy Policy Brief No. 5, June 2014 The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) at the American Library Association (ALA) acknowledge Google, Inc. for its financial support of this project. The opinions articulated in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of this funder. © 2014 American Library Association. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Cover photo: Jose Pelaez / Corbis© Fencing Out Knowledge Impacts of the Children’s Internet Protection Act 10 Years Later Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 - 7 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................