FCC Limited in Its CIPA Role, Wheeler Tells Lawmakers
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler feels powerless “outrage” that schools and libraries may use the Children’s Internet Protection Act to block content favorable to gay and lesbian advocates, he told several House Democratic lawmakers in a letter the agency released last…
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week. The FCC “is bound by Congress's strict determination that, for purposes of CIPA compliance, decisions about what material is ‘inappropriate for minors’ be made at the local level,” Wheeler said. “Unless and until Congress makes changes to this law, the Commission cannot review the decisions made at the local level.” Concerned lawmakers included Reps. Mike Honda, D-Calif.; David Cicilline, D-R.I.; Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.; and Jared Polis, D-Colo.