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1 UCLA J.L. & Tech. [1] (1997)

handle is hein.journals/ujlt1 and id is 1 raw text is: IN THE NAME OF CHILDREN: CONGRESSIONAL EFFORTS TO BAN SEX AND VIOLENCE FROM THE MEDIA George Vradenburg III Latham & Watkins Entertainment, Sports & Media Industry Practice Group March 1996 { 11 Washington has passed a law to regulate media sex and violence. It is doing so in the hope that a reduction of sexual and violent images to which our children are exposed will improve our deteriorating social conditions. Many are dubious about the efficacy of attacking the culture of sex and violence rather than the underlying social ills; and many lawyers are skeptical of the whole notion that Congress has the power under the First Amendment to regulate culture at all, even in the name of children. Nevertheless, the media has become the target of choice for politicians seeking to respond to widespread public concern about the general breakdown of civility in society. {2} The Telecommunications Act of 1996, now law, takes two distinct approaches to regulation of media sex and violence. One would mandate electronic television ratings, activated by parents through a V-Chip to be required in all future