The CP80 Foundation is an organization in the United States that advocates regulating the

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to make it easier for users to filter out

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. The foundation suggests using education,

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, and legislation to achieve its goals. Its legislative efforts include the proposed Internet Community Ports Act (ICPA), which would organize the

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s as defined by the

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protocol suite into "community ports" and "open ports", requiring that

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material exclusively use the open ports. Among the ports they propose designating as a community port is port 80, the standard port for the hypertext transport protocol (

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), the transport mechanism used to support the

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. This is advocated in order to permit easier filtering of such material by firewalls,

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, and other devices or programs. The

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legislature has approved a resolution calling upon the

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to pass the proposed legislation. As part of a campaign to prevent minors from accessing pornography, the foundation also advocates legislation to fine Wifi router users who leave their routers open for anyone to use.Deseret Morning News , Lawmakers seek ways to block Net porn
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maintains a list of studies discrediting approaches such as those taken by CP80 a
Filters and Filtering
The CP80 Foundation was established in 2005. Its chairman is Ralph Yarro III who is also chairman of the board of the

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References

External links

The CP80 Foundation

Why I Support CP80
{{DEFAULTSORT:The Cp80 Foundation Internet censorship in the United States