How much government regulation of the Internet should there be and how should the First Amendment apply to this electronic superhighway where everything from medical information to pornography is available at the press of a button?
These issues and others will be examined by law professors, attorneys, a representative of America Online and the president of Morality In Media at a symposium on "Regulating Cyberspace: Is Censorship Sensible?" April 12 and 13. Events are free and open to the public and take place in the MacDonald Moot Court Room of Myron Taylor Hall.
The symposium opens Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m. with a keynote address by Bruce Taylor, president of the National Law Center for Children and Families.
Saturday's sessions are at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. with panel discussions on "Regulation of the Internet."
Participants include: Mark Eckenwiler, Gordon & Glickson, P.C.; Llew Gibbons, professor of law, Temple University School of Law; Marjorie Hodges, policy adviser to Cornell Information Technologies; Adam Lehman, assistant general counsel for America Online; Bob Peters, president of Morality In Media; Alan Davidson, staff counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology; and Pam Samuelson, visting professor of law at Cornell.
Symposium sponsors include Cornell's Journal of Law and Public Policy, the Cornell Office of Information Technologies and the New York State Bar Association.