    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
    [June 12, 1996]
    [Pages 906-907]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Court Decision on the Communications Decency Act
    June 12, 1996

        The Justice Department is reviewing today's three-judge panel court
    decision on the Communications Decency Act. The opinion just came down
    today, and the statute says we have 20 days to make an appeal.
        I remain convinced, as I was when I signed the bill, that our
    Constitution allows us to help parents by enforcing this act to prevent
    children from being exposed to objectionable material transmitted
    through computer networks. I will continue to do everything I can in my
    administration to give families every available tool to protect their
    children from these materials. For example, we vigorously support the
    development

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    and widespread availability of products that allow both parents and
    schools to block objectionable materials from reaching computers that
    children use. And we also support the industry's accelerating efforts to
    rate Internet sites so that they are compatible with these blocking
    techniques.