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The ability to monitor and record Internet users' personal information has raised fears about online privacy. Consequently, consumers have put pressure on the federal government and the online industry to respond appropriately to their privacy concerns. This study uses Edelman's theory of symbolic politics to assess the congruence between public concern about online privacy and recent legislative and industry efforts to address this concern., The rapid development of the Internet and its ability to record, monitor, and report almost every detail of users' behavior has fueled public concern about personal privacy in the online [...]

The US Supreme Court has upheld government regulation of the broadcast of material considered indecent in several cases involving the accessibility of such material to children. Indecent speech is constitutionally protected, but the court has ruled that it may be regulated if the government has a 'compelling interest' and that the protection of children is such an interest. The court has also ruled that parents have the right to control what their children view and the government has a 'compelling interest' to protect this parental right.