[LM_NET] Fwd: [ala-ifc] FW: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down the Children's Online Protection Act (COPA)

[Carrie Gardner <carrieif@AOL.COM>]

The court this morning issued a unanimous opinion in ACLU v. Mukasey


affirming the District Court and holding that the Child Online
Protection Act is unconstitutional.  

The court held that COPA is vague and overbroad, and that it does not
constitute the least restrictive means of protecting children.  In
reaching these conclusions, the court also confirmed that COPA does not
apply to websites outside the U.S.

COPA is the successor statute to the Communications Decency Act, which
attempted to extend indecency rules to the Internet.

The opinion is attached.



 

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