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U.S. SENATE PASSES U.S. CHILDREN AND MEDIA RESEARCH ADVANCEMENT ACT The U.S. Senate recently passed The U.S. Children and Media Research Advancement Act (S. 1902) which would order the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children. The legislation would task the CDC with two new objectives. First, the CDC would be required to prepare a report to Congress summarizing the results of current research on the cognitive, physical, and socio- behavioral effects of electronic media--such as film, TV, the Internet, and video games--upon children. Second, the bill directs the CDC to award research grants in these areas of inquiry. Companion legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 4124). U.S. SENATE INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE MORE ACCURATE VIDEO GAME RATINGS U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced the Truth in Video Game Rating Act (S. 3935) which would require video game ratings organizations to include more accurate and complete information in the ratings assignment process. Specifically, S. 3935 would direct the Federal Trade Commission to require that reviewers consider the full content of a video game before issuing a rating. In addition to the new FTC rules, the bill commissions a study to determine the efficacy of the industry's ESRB ratings system and the potential for an independent rating system that would be controlled by parties with no financial interest in the video game industry. U.S. HOUSE INTRODUCES VIDEO GAME DECENCY ACT U.S. Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) introduced the Video Game Decency Act (H.R. 6120) which would make it an "unfair or deceptive" trade practice for a video game publisher to distribute a video or computer game rated by the ESRB if the publisher failed to disclose relevant content of the game to the ESRB with the intent of obtaining a less- restrictive rating. The Federal Trade Commission would have the power to enforce these violations. Additionally, the bill would preempt state and local laws regulating video game ratings or regulating the sale, rental, or display of a video game based on its "constitutionally protected content." 2006-10-16 |
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