Keith Wade

Keith Wade is the director of finance at Cypress Gardens in Florida and an adjunct instructor of business and information technology at Webster University. In the following viewpoint, Wade argues that federal laws intended to keep children from obscene materials on the Internet infringe on the free speech rights of adults. He claims that parental supervision and nongovernmental solutions—such as family-friendly websites and filtering software that blocks inappropriate websites—can protect children from online pornography more effectively than government regulation.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Wade, what is the Communications Decency Act?
2. In the author’s opinion, why are most commercial websites uninterested in targeting children?
3. What is MayberryUSA, according to Wade"

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