Legal system of internet filtering in the United States

Internet filtering in the United States means the removal or blocking of access to contents shared or seen through the internet within the United States territory. The rigid protection of freedom of speech and opinion against filtering has a root in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. These protections expanded to the cyber realm, hence the country could not have pass much regulations in order to limit individual’s access to internet contents. However, the United States have intricate set of mechanisms to regulate the internet and cyberspace. Following two decades of conflicting discussions over cyberspace regulation in the United States, the country couldn’t have achieve legal accord on the admissible limits of free expression and regulating unlawful activities on the Internet. Nevertheless, child pornography, gambling, protection of intellectual properties and cyber security are the most important protected issues in the U.S.