Comment Re:Why bother? (Score 2, Funny) 531
and while you're at it, you can add the missing close bracket in your sig... that certainly would not compile....
Child Online Protection Act Appeal Rejected 251
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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