In 1996, the US Congress passed the Communications Decency Act in an attempt to regulate Internet content. The act made the creation, transmission or solicitation of materials lewd, obscene or harmful to minors via the Internet a crime punishable by up to two years imprisonment and / or a fine of up to US $ 25,000.
美國政府曾試圖立法管制網路內容，一九九六年製定了「通訊內容端正法」，規定凡是在網路上製造、傳輸、張貼猥褻、不良圖文，有損兒童、青少年身心者，將處以二年以下有期徒刑，並科二十五萬美元以下罰金。