Index on Censorship » online protection http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » online protection http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Child Online Protection Act Overturned http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2008/07/child-online-protection-act-overturned/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2008/07/child-online-protection-act-overturned/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:51:22 +0000 Natasha Schmidt http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=498 Following a ten-year court battle, on 22 July the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2007 lower court decision that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional. The legislation would have forced websites featuring adult material to verify site users’ ages, but was ruled to be ‘substantially overbroad’ in its definition and in [...]

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