Sam Gustin thinks this ain't over. The federal government is fighting the American Civil Liberties Union, and between them and the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, no one can agree on what constitutes pornography online and how it should be handled.
But one thing seems certain, at least for now: a major federal law designed to keep web porn away from kids is unconstitutional.
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By Joelle Tessler AP WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court today agreed with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.
The decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia is the latest twist in a decade-long legal battle over the Child Online Protection Act. The fight has already reached the Supreme Court and could be headed back there.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court Tuesday agreed with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.
The decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia is the latest twist in a decade-long legal battle over the Child Online Protection Act. The fight has already reached the Supreme Court and could be headed back there.
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By Grant Gross , IDG News Service , 07/22/2008 A US appeals court has for the third time struck down a law intended to keep Web sites with sexually oriented

By Ryan Singel July 22, 2008 | 2:06:29 PMCategories: Censorship, The Courts The 3rd US Circurt Court of Appeals upheld on Tuesday a 2007 lower court

PHILADELPHIA - July 22 - In a clear victory for free speech today, a federal court once again upheld a ban on a law that would criminalize constitutionally protected speech on the Internet. The American Civil Liberties Union challenged the unconstitutional Child Online Protection Act (COPA) on behalf of a broad coalition of writers, artists and health educators who use the internet to communicate constitutionally protected speech.
“For years the government has been trying to thwart freedom of speech on the Internet, and for years the courts have been finding the attempts unconstitutional,” said Chris Hansen, Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU First Amendment Working Group.

Washington – The 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a lower court ruling striking down a controversial law that required Web operators to restrict