Constitutionality of Proposals to Prohibit the Sale and Rental to Minors of Video Games with Violent or Sexual Content or "Strong Language" [electronic resource].

Corporate Author:: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Published:: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Physical Description:: 15 pages : digital, PDF file

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Examines the constitutionality of a proposal to prohibit the sale or rental to minors of video games rated M (mature) or AO (adults-only) by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. Addresses First Amendment principles regarding violent and sexual material, potential overbreadth of the current criteria for M and AO ratings, and violent and sexually explicit video game decisions and their application to the proposal.

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