Obscenity: Difference between revisions
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Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union 521 U.S. 844 (“ACLU I”) | |||
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-addressed obscenity in the field of new media | -addressed obscenity in the field of new media | ||
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Ashcroft v. Civil Liberties Union (00-1293) 535 U.S. 564 (2002) 217 F.3d 162 (“ACLU II”) | Ashcroft v. Civil Liberties Union (00-1293) 535 U.S. 564 (2002) 217 F.3d 162 (“ACLU II”) | ||
-upheld the Constitutionality of COPA and deemed its use of 'community standards’ to identify ‘material that is harmful to minors’ | -upheld the Constitutionality of COPA and deemed its use of 'community standards’ to identify ‘material that is harmful to minors’ acceptable practice under the first amendment | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/obscenity | http://www.dictionary.com/browse/obscenity | ||
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/obscenity | |||
Revision as of 00:38, 5 March 2017
About
Obscenity means having the character or quality of being indecent or lewd.
U.S. Obscenity Law
Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised. —Marilyn Manson (1999), “I Don’t Like the Media but the Media Likes Me”
Cases
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union 521 U.S. 844 (“ACLU I”) -1997 -addressed obscenity in the field of new media -challenged Communications Decency Act (CDA) -Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act (COPA)
Ashcroft v. Civil Liberties Union (00-1293) 535 U.S. 564 (2002) 217 F.3d 162 (“ACLU II”) -upheld the Constitutionality of COPA and deemed its use of 'community standards’ to identify ‘material that is harmful to minors’ acceptable practice under the first amendment
References
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/obscenity https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/obscenity