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Congress has tried to restrict minors' access to online pornography by requiring porn sites to verify the age of their viewers (by, for example, getting a credit card number).(Brief Article)
Congress has tried to restrict minors' access to online pornography by requiring porn sites to verify the age of their viewers (by, for example, getting a credit card number). Most people, especially parents, consider this a modest restriction on adults' freedom that serves a worthy goal. The courts have repeatedly blocked the law, however, on the theory that it violates "well-established First Amendment principles," as Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy put it in the latest decision. The Court's principles are not to ...
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