Obscenity

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