US Child Protection Act ruled unconstitutional
Again
THE US Child Online Protection Act has once again been ruled unconstitutional.
A court of appeals in Philadelphia upheld the 2007 decision that the law violated the First Amendment, which is supposed to prevent Congress from passing laws which stifle free speech.
The court agreed with a previous ruling that the law is too loosely defined. It reckons the use of parental monitoring and filtering software is a fairer way of protecting children from the phantom online menace.
"Filters permit adults to determine if and when they want to use them and do not subject speakers to criminal or civil penalties," the court determined.
The US Justice Department supports the Act but keeps getting a slapping in the courtroom. A spokesman said he and his chums were disappointed and are now scratching their heads and wondering what to do next. µ
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ACLU strikes again
I didn't even need to look to know the ACLU was behind this. The ACLU is imbued with pedophiles.Internet is public place
In US NOBODY can show privacies in public place without being arrested. Free speech does not mean you can show naked-pictures or other sexual activities acts to anyone, who by accident dialed into your website.A rare bit of sanity
in the court rooms of America.Breath in the air and enjoy it, because it won't last.
internet is not a sidewalk
The internet is a set of vendors and postings, it is not a public space where everyone is expected to pass through. You find what you want and you don't have to go through any direction everyday.It is a publication issue not a public space issue.
A magazine's interior is not a public space and neither is my mind.
Maybe you need to go for a walk and get some fresh air to remember the difference between the sidewalk and your desktop.
for those who would rather swalloww the blue pill...
Well some of us live in the REAL world and can CHOOSE for themselves what they want to see or what they dont... I dont need a group closed minded people deciding what i should or shouldnt see or whats appopriate for me eyes... and i sure as hell dont need someone deciding what good for my child. People need to stop being lazy and think for themselves instead of having Big Brother choose for them... get your heads outta your u know where. and seriosuly if your "accidently" going to these sites... get over it... just like drugs sex and violence is out in the real world its in the virtual too and your morals will NEVER make them go away so either Evolve OR Die.Thank goodness?
For a moment there, I thought that anime pornography was in danger! A lot of anime imagery of that type is of characters between 15 and 17 canonically but drawn to appear as adults, or at least ~18, but this law would have made everyone who had porn of such characters considered pedophiles!ACLU is imbued with pedophiles?
It's been pretty well established that it's the Republican Party, and not the ACLU, that is imbued with pedophiles.This, of course, explains the Republican fixation on trying to destroy liberty in the name of protecting children (from Republicans). Is it simply ironic that the known legislative pedophiles keep pushing child protection legislation, and legislators who have divorced keep pushing defense of marriage legislation, and the known gay Republicans keep inhibiting gay rights... or do we have enough evidence finally to recognize that anyone who's fixated on stopping everyone else from doing something is himself fixated on doing it?
Never mind. Self-awareness takes one perilously close to responsibility, and we can't have any of *that*, now, can we?
The ACLU saves us from ourselves
I'm glad the ACLU stands up against those who would seek to remove our rights in the name of subjective morality. I also appreciate that our courts are still an oasis of sanity in a desert of overzealous legislation.The American Taliban
If boobies are so harmful to children why don't we outlaw breast feeding?Keep your Puritanical laws off my Innernets!