Not in Front of the Children: Civil Liberties and Internet Censorship

March 19, 2009

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Imagine not being able to read the latest on Salon.com, express yourself on websites like UrbanDictionary.com, or get information on sexual health. In 2000, the ACLU challenged the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), a piece of legislation making it illegal to distribute content on the Internet acknowledged as protected speech for adults but deemed harmful to minors, including the web content mentioned above. If implemented, COPA would have imposed harsh criminal sanctions, such as huge fines and prison time. In January 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not hear the government

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