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Child Online Protection Act Appeal Rejected

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:The System by kohaku · · Score: 5, Funny

    that some authority deems "harmful", like pictures of naked female breasts.

    I hope you're joking. Have you seen the state of the world today? It's a shambles! The economy is collapsing, and I think we all know the reason. Every single one of our children sees naked female breasts from the very day they're born. This has to stop, and it has to stop now: the children are our future, and if we don't protect them from the naked horrors of pornography, who will?

  2. Re:A very intelligent person by blueg3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since I started watching the Cookie Monster on Sesame Street when I was 3, I've gained 160 pounds.