Supreme Court Overturns Antiporn Law

The US Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a law signed by former President Bill Clinton that would have protected children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet, thus dealing the final blow to the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). 

The Justice Department has been defending COPA since its passage in 1998, when the ACLU and others filed suit against the censorship law and won an immediate injunction.  Since then, the court battle has made its way twice to the Supreme Court, though the government has never won any clear battles in the dispute. 

The Supreme Court said it will not consider reviving COPA, which lower federal courts struck down as unconstitutional and considered it to be a violation of the First Amendment.    

Supporters of the law called the Courts decision a tragedy.  Every family has a challenge to help their children get the best from technology; however, this decision by the Supreme Court makes that challenge far more difficult.  This verdict will have far reaching effects on both children and the internet generally.   

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