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Judge Strikes Down COPA, 1998 Online Porn Law

Posted by kdawson on from the one-for-free-speech dept.

Begopa sends in word that a federal judge has struck down the Child Online Protection Act. The judge said that parents can protect their children through software filters and other less restrictive means that do not limit others' rights to free speech. This was the case for which the US Department of Justice subpoenaed several search companies for search records; only Google fought the order. The case has already been to the Supreme Court. Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr. wrote in his decision: "Perhaps we do the minors of this country harm if First Amendment protections, which they will with age inherit fully, are chipped away in the name of their protection."

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  1. Re:A step in the right direction. by MBraynard · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Except that kind of reasoning is the job of legislators, not judges. Like many judges, he has forgotten his role and taken the job of dictator for life.

  2. Re:A step in the right direction. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You let him take photos while he fucked you in the ass?