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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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  1. Re:The System by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    For child porn masturbators.

  2. Re:Adult entertainment? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, you are completely correct. If I don't have the time to sit and watch my kid browse the internet while reading everything he reads, I'm obviously way too lazy to have kids. I can only assume that your parents followed you around every minute of your life. Otherwise, why would they have kids if they're that busy? You must be a very valuable person.

  3. Re:Adult entertainment? by gsgriffin · · Score: 0, Troll

    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.

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  4. Re:Think Of The Children! by Sam36 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm glad this happened.

    Allow me to be blatantly honest. I think kids should have the right to explore their sexuality in a safe manner online. I know I did.

    Why is "adult entertainment" so exclusive anyway? You know, they could have extremely tame erotic websites to cater to kids who are interested. Probably like softcore Playboy pics or something.

    "adult entertainment" Ruins lives dude. Too many kids today cry for Mommy and Daddy. Daddy is at the bar with his new girlfriend, Mommy no longer satisfies him. Mommy is at banana republic with her girlfriends expressing her taste for materialism. Todays families are very broken. Children no longer look up to their parents but to movie stars, teachers, and the cool kid at school. ANd one second here, how in the world is the internet a safe place to explore sexuality??? beastality, goatse, two girls one cup, asians puking on each other? Yea just what everyone needs.

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