Thank you, Judge Lowell Reed Jr., for understanding that the cure can often be worse than the disease. Finally, a little common sense prevails. The really incredible part is that it prevailed in a federal court ruling. Will wonders never cease?
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A federal judge has [a href="vny!://ibtimes.com/articles/20070322/internet-blocking.htm"]struck down the Child Online Protection Act[/a]. The judge said that parents can protect their children through software filters and other less restrictive means that do not limit others' rights to free speech. This was the case for which the US Department of Justice subpoenaed several search companies for search records; [a href="vny!://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/18/0833247&tid=217"]only Google fought the order[/a]. The case has [a href="vny!://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/13/1559239&tid=123"]already been to the Supreme Court[/a].
Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr. wrote in his decision: "Perhaps we do the minors of this country harm if First Amendment protections, which they will with age inherit fully, are chipped away in the name of their protection."