More on First Amendment Delimiters

[P.A. Gantt]

"NEW ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY MEASURE COULD PASS CONSTITUTIONAL TEST

Issues: Internet/Content
A little more than a year after the Supreme Court's
ruling that portions of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) were
unconstitutional, a new version of the Act ("CDA II") is before
Congress.  The court found that the original CDA's attempt to block
minors from "indecent" material on the Internet was too vague and
threatened free speech. The new act more clearly targets
sexually explicit commercial material that is "harmful to
minors."   A leading cyberlaw expert, Lawrence Lessig, says the bill
will likely withstand constitutional scrutiny. However, free speech and
civil
liberties advocates claim the new legislation "contains many of the
unconstitutional provisions" of the original law. The bill is "a Trojan
horse," said Barry Stienheart of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who
fears it could lead to the suppression of adult free speech.
[SOURCE: New York Times (CyberTimes), AUTHOR: Carl S. Kaplan]

http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/07/cyber/cyberlaw/31law.html"

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~~COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for JULY 30, 1998~~
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