Archive for ‘Violence’
Congressman Wants Health Warnings On Violent Games
Joe Baca’s legislation would require the following warning on violent video games: More »
California law restricting video game sales on shaky ground
The Ninth Circuit heard arguments a couple of weeks ago in the latest case to challenge restrictions on the purchase of violent video games. California makes the same arguement that has been unsuccessful everywhere else — that Ginsberg v. New York’s “variable obscenity” doctrine can be applied to violence as well as sexual content. The problem with that argument is there’s no underlying level of violence that is obscene (and unprotected) for everyone. More »
California violent-video-game law faces showdown in federal appeals court
You know, when I started playing Doom in the early 1990s, I had no idea it would precede a great national effort to regulate violence in media.
Brown widens review of impact media violence has on children
British regulation of media is different than that of the United States because their constitution is unwritten. This paragraph was interesting: More »