V-chip technology is more than a clever weaving together of circuits and microprocessors. It is a cultural technology that integrates the politicians' need to take a stand against sex and violence and many parents' feeling that they cannot control what their children see. It is present in the Telecommunications Bill both in the bill's call for the chip to be installed into televisions and in the push to make service providers responsible for what is posted by their users. Before a single V-chip equipped television has been sold the rhetorical chip has been hard at work, serving politicians on both sides of the aisle.