A lawsuit to stop enforcement of a new Indiana law regarding "sexually explicit materials" was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court. Plaintiffs in the suit included the Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Association of American Publishers, Inc. and the National Association of Recording Merchandisers.
Supported by the American Civil Liberties Union, a coalition of website publishers offered opening arguments today in their case against the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA).
The American Civil Liberties Union has come under attack for seeking First Amendment protection for virtual child porn, in which actors or characters appearing to be underage are exhibited in a sexual manner.
The American Civil Liberties Union went public with grievances over the constitutionality of the Patriot Act and a sealed court case involving the “National Security Letter” power, which authorizes the FBI to obtain sensitive customer records from businesses.
The American Civil Liberties Union went out on a limb this week to challenge a recently enacted child pornography law claiming that the sweep of the new law is far too broad
