Word: restriction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...staff of The Crimson recently lauded the move of many final clubs to restrict access to non-members (Opinion, Feb. 10). Although I have rarely entered one of these clubs as a guest, I must disagree with the staff's perceptions on the restrictions...
...court rulings are part of an emerging legal consensus: that speech on the Internet should get the same protection, and carry the same responsibilities, as in print. That means it will be hard but not impossible to restrict online smut. While rejecting Congress's new law, the Philadelphia judge pointed to some restrictions that might be permissible. The Portland jury verdict is a timely reminder that on the Internet, as in other media, imminent threats aren't protected by the First Amendment...
Congress's first attempt at banning indecent cyberspeech, the sweeping Communications Decency Act of 1996, was struck down by the Supreme Court. The Child Online Protection Act is a narrower law, focused on commercial websites that don't restrict access to minors. It spares sites from prosecution if they require visitors to provide credit-card numbers or proof, via age-verification programs, that they're adults...
...long-awaited step in the right direction, four of Harvard's eight male-only final clubs--the A.D., the Owl, the Delphic and the Phoenix--have announced they have adopted policies which severely restrict building access to non-club members. The graduate boards who made the decisions were most likely acting out of self-interest, protecting themselves from legal liabilities. Nevertheless, the move is also in the best interests of the entire Harvard community...
...decided Jan. 20 to restrict access to all nonmembers in light of the danger of liability issues and accidents...