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 12 2 STA T .50 25 PUBLIC LA W 110 –4 52 —DE C.2 , 200 8PublicLaw1 1 0–452 110 thCongres s A n Act Todev e l o pth e n e x t g ene ra t i ono f parental c ontrol technolog y.Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ C hi l d S a f e V ie w i ng Act o f 20 0 7’ ’ . SEC. 2 .E XAM INATION O F A DV ANCED B LOC K IN G TECHNOLOGIES AND EXISTING P ARENTAL EMPO W ERMENT TOOLS. ( a )INQUIRYRE QUIRE D . —N ot late r than 9 0 days after the date of enactment of this Act , the F ederal Comm u nications Commission shall initiate a notice of in q uiry to consider measures to e x amine— ( 1 ) the existence and a v ailability of advanced bloc k ing tech - nologies that are com p atible with various communications devices or platforms (2) methods of encouraging the development, deployment, and use of such technology by parents that do not affect the packaging or pricing of a content provider’s offering; and ( 3 ) the existence, availability, and use of parental empower- ment tools and initiatives already in the market. (b) C O N T ENT O FP RO C EEDIN G .—In conducting the inquiry required under subsection (a), the Commission shall consider advanced blocking technologies that— (1) may be appropriate across a wide variety of distribution platforms, including wired, wireless, and Internet platforms; (2) may be appropriate across a wide variety of devices capable of transmitting or receiving video or audio program- ming, including television sets, D VD players, VCRs, cable set top boxes, satellite receivers, and wireless devices; (3) can filter language based upon information in closed captioning; ( 4 ) operate independently of ratings pre-assigned by the creator of such video or audio programming; and ( 5 ) may be effective in enhancing the ability of a parent to protect his or her child from indecent or ob j ectionable programming, as determined by such parent. (c) RE P ORTING.—Not later than 270 days after the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue a report to Congress detailing any findings resulting from the inquiry required under subsection (a). (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advanced blocking technologies’’ means technologies that can improve or enhance the ability of a parent to protect his or her child from any indecent or objectionable video or audio programming, as determined by Deadlin e .Not i c e. Ch ild S a f e V ie w in gA ct of 20 0 7 . Dec. 2 , 200 8[ S. 6 02 ]

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