New Bills in Congress to Regulate Internet Content Are Unlikely to Affect Colleges

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Two bills that attempt to restrict on-line content are working their way through Congress, but the measures -- even if passed -- are unlikely to have much effect on universities, according to some academic administrators and law professors.

That assessment contrasts markedly with academe's reaction to the 1996 Communications...

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