Child Online Protection Act Appeal Rejected

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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Re:Adult entertainment?

[gsgriffin]

Please, do your research before making an assumption about the effects of porn on anyone (kids or adults) and then stating it as a fact for everyone to read.

There are effects and you can find them in lots of research on the net if you took the time to look. Just look up the percentage of convicted rapist that are addicted to porn. You might be surprised what you find among a lot of social issues we deal with in America and its relationship to porn.