Challenging the Child Online Protection Act

narramissic writes, "Today in Philadelphia a federal trial got underway that will decide whether COPA is constitutional. The outcome will determine whether operators of Web sites can be held accountable for failing to block children's access to inappropriate materials. An article on ITworld outlines the arguments of the foes in the battle: the DOJ and the ACLU. If I were a betting woman, I'd put my money on the ACLU. Parents, schools, etc. have to take responsibility for the internet usage of children in their charge." Two courts have found COPA unconstitutional and the Supreme Court has upheld the ban on its enforcement, while asking a lower court to examine whether technological measures such as filtering could be as effective as the law in shielding children; thus this trial. The article does not mention that it was the DOJ's preparation for the trial that was behind its earlier request that search companies turn over their records — a request that only Google refused.

Re:I'll just say it in advance

[soft_guy]

I, for one, welcome our new .. oh wait.

Re:Check out Bush's wrongdoing!

[Anonymous Coward]

Mod this kook down, this is a hoax. Everyone knows that Bush is going to take over this country and create the the Union of North America (UNA), not the North American Union you retard. Get the facts straight.

awesome

[nomadic]

Glad it's the ACLU and not the EFF, now we might actually win!

Re:Check out Bush's wrongdoing!

[Bugs42]

Why oh why can't we have a mod option for -1, Has No Contact With Reality?

Re:Comment 4:

[Anonymous Coward]

Gah, kids don't spontaneously explode if they don't wear a helmet while tricycling.

You're clearly not rigging the detonators properly.

Re:I'll just say it in advance

[SeaFox]

I, for one, welcome our new .. oh wait.

Our new child protecting, internet sanitizing overlords and their army of enslaved ISP admins?

Damn!!

[commodoresloat]

In my line of work, I see a lot of boobies, and I gotta say, those are some really nice boobies!!! All naked and hanging out in the sun... WOW!!!

(My line of work is ornithology of course)