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Supreme Court Strikes Down Web Porn Law

Overturns Child Online Protection Act on 1st Amendment grounds

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 21, 2009 1:45 PM CST

(Newser) – The US Supreme Court closed the door today on legislation designed to protect children from Internet pornography, the New York Times reports. The legislation, which was signed into law in 1998 but never took effect, was repeatedly struck down on First Amendment grounds. It set...   Read full story »

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