Child Online Protection Act Appeal Rejected

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @06:55AM from the hi-professor-bollinger dept.

TarrVetus writes "The Associated Press reports that a federal appeals court in Philadelphia has ruled that the Child Online Protection Act will not be revived, upholding a 2007 decision that the unimplemented 1998 law is unconstitutional. The law, which made it a crime for websites to allow children access to 'harmful' material, was declared a violation of the First Amendment because of existing elective filtering technologies and parental controls that are less restrictive to free speech than the 'ineffective' and 'overly broad' ban."

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Adult entertainment? by spiffydudex · 2009-01-21 07:07 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I would rather keep kids away from online porn. It's called adult entertainment for a reason, its for adults.
Re:11 years later and still squirming/ by Obfuscant · 2009-01-21 08:13 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Tell someone who has spent eleven years in jail,
Which part of "unimplemented" is confusing?