COPA Remanded: High Court Touts Filters And Warns Of Speech Chillers

For the second time in 2 years, the Supreme Court suspended the enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) ' in <i>Ashcroft v. ACLU (II)</i> ' sending the case back to the federal district court in Philadelphia for further scrutiny of "plausible, less restrictive alternatives" to restrict minors' access to adult material on the Internet. <br/>In a 5-4 decision, the Court, while sidestepping the ultimate question of whether COPA is unconstitutional, strongly hinted that the statute's speech-restricting effects appeared overbroad in light of less restrictive, technology-based filters available today.

16 minute read August 09, 2004 at 09:18 AM
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Samuel Fineman And Steven Salkin
COPA Remanded: High Court Touts Filters And Warns Of Speech Chillers

For the second time in 2 years, the Supreme Court suspended the enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) ' in Ashcroft v. ACLU (II)

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