Massachusetts Bids To Restrict Internet Indecency 214
Remember the Communications Decency Act? Enacted 1996, found unconstitutional 1997. Or its successor attempt to reduce discourse on the Internet to what is suitable for 8-year-olds, the Child Online Protection Act? Invalidated 2003. Seven state laws attempting to restrict Internet content on grounds of decency have been struck down. Despite all this, Massachusetts has now added a couple of paragraphs to its (traditionally bricks-and-mortar) indecency law that applies a "harmful to minors" test to Internet content. The ACLU of Massachusetts and others have brought suit to block the law, which went into effect on July 11. Coincidentally, today a US appeals court tossed out the FCC's indecency policy.
Just remove the "I" and the "n" and I'm all for it (Score:4, Funny)
And not in "Internet" either.
Re:Just remove the "I" and the "n" and I'm all for (Score:3, Funny)
Decency. Took me a minute to figure that one out.
Re:Taxachusetts (Score:4, Funny)
First they took our money. Then they took our freedom.
But they will never take our Pornography!!!
I know that's the last thing I'd want to take from anyone's cold, dead hands.
Obligatory The Onion (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Just remove the "I" and the "n" and I'm all for (Score:4, Funny)
It's a good thing we have ultra-conservative legislators like Russ Feingold [ciec.org] opposing these things.
The iPhone states (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Normal or Perverted? (Score:2, Funny)
You. Sick. Bastard.
Obligatory XKCD (Score:3, Funny)
Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/751/ [xkcd.com]
Re:Implications for separation of power... (Score:1, Funny)
you know they have a law similar to that in honduras, when their leader was ousted for suggesting removing his term limits the US spoke out rather vehemently against it. I'll be voting for everyone that isn't in office in 2014, if we still have elections by then.