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By Robert Campbell
March 23, 2007
On Thursday March 22nd, a U.S. federal court ruled that the law of Child Online Protection Act, which protects children from viewing porn on websites, violates free speech rights. The American Civil Liberties Union brought this case up and they believe that this law is violating the First Amendment.
According to the article, the Child Online Protection Act "made it a crime for any person to provide minors access to "harmful material" over the Internet."
Most believe that software protection is enough to protect children from being able to access and view pornographic sites, however, it is also believed that the software is ineffective because many parents do not install or update the software. Therefore, many kids are granted access to viewing these sites.
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