Why Don't We Do More to Stop Sexual Abuse in the United States?

With all the news coverage on the Obama inauguration and other events, you may not have read about the United States Supreme Court deciding on Wednesday, January 21, not to hear an appeal that sought to have the 1998 Child Online Protection Act enforced.

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The United States Supreme Court rejects the Child Online Protection Act, upholding a previous appellate court ruling that found it too restrictive and violated the First Amendment because less restrictive technologies better served that purpose.

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Via "American Libraries Direct":

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The thrust of the judge's findings about blocking software was that it blocks a high proportion of pornography, blocks a low proportion of non-pornographic Web sites, and that it is difficult for most kids get around.

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More than a decade after Congress first tried to police the Internet for pornography, a federal court ruling casts doubt on whether it can craft such a law without restricting free speech.

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An American judge has struck down a law passed in 1998 by the US Government that made it a crime for commercial website operators to let children access "harmful" material.

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A federal judge on Thursday dealt another blow to government efforts to control Internet pornography, striking down a 1998 U.S. law that makes it a crime for commercial Web site operators to let children access "harmful" material.

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Wired News gets in-depth about how to avoid the web of federal snooping into your web-browsing habits.

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