Sites and Soundbytes: COPA Decision

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Reuters reports that on Tuesday the Supreme Court "barred enforcement of a 1998 federal law designed to keep Internet pornography away from minors because it likely violates constitutional free-speech rights." COPA (Child Online Protection Act) was written to protect minors from online pornography through the use of credit cards and access codes. However, the majority of the Court in a 5-4 decision, agreed with Justice Kennedy, "Content-based prohibitions, enforced by severe criminal penalties, have the constant potential to be a repressive force in the lives and thoughts of a free people."

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